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cross actions

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plural of cross action

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Depp won that case in 2022, though the jury also ruled in favor of one of Heard’s counterclaims.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Sep. 2026
The counterclaims, obtained by TMZ, said the couple paid West $60,000 during the pregnancy under an agreement that addressed termination.

— Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 26 Aug. 2026

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In others, his accounts bought the debt after the federal government had executed regulatory or funding actions involving the very same borrower or project.

— Luke Fountain, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
Within this region are two major neural pathways, known as the direct and indirect pathways, which appear to exert opposing influences over which actions are expressed.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026

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Some experts point to worsening public health since the 2008 financial crisis, citing factors such as growing obesity, long hospital waiting times, the cost-of-living crisis and other social causes.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 4 Oct. 2026
The official causes of death for both were deferred, pending further investigation.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026

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History of safety complaints Former pilots of 21 Air, the air-cargo company operating the Amazon Prime plane that fatal Sunday, had previously gone on record shining light on a host of safety complaints well before the crash.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
Their complaints include inadequate staffing at schools, a lack of resources, crumbling infrastructure, and allegedly overpacked schedules.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of complaints

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The court proceedings lasted nearly a year, from November 1945 to October 1946, in Nuremberg, the city where the race laws of 1935 were established, which led to the Holocaust.

— Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026
In Ukraine, the prosecutor general's office told NPR that national police are still conducting a pretrial investigation into the deaths of Kuvshynova and Zakrzewski in advance of possible criminal proceedings against Russian forces.

— David Folkenflik, NPR, 4 Oct. 2026

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