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deforcement

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as in invasion

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In Kyiv, Kushner spoke about the war in tidily transactional language, acknowledging little of the bloodshed and destruction that Putin’s invasion has wrought.

— Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
And an unconquered Ukraine will, by fighting or by remembering the horrors of Russia’s invasion, pose an enduring strategic challenge for Russia.

— MICHAEL KIMMAGE, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2026

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That worldview has become policy, aided in part by the hollowing out of the national security workforce—now stretched thin and focused on daily operations and multiple crises—and by the stripping of its coordination functions.

— Ariane Tabatabai, Time, 4 Aug. 2026
Pillows filled with cotton or polyester are also safe for laundry stripping.

— Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 12 July 2026

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López’s attorney sent Rivas and her group a cease-and-desist letter last month, citing trademark infringement and deceptive and unfair trade practices, the letter shows.

— Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026
There is no definition in the laws of football of what constitutes persistent infringement.

— Graham Scott, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

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Among individual occupations, nurse practitioners will see a 41% surge in employment, while medical and health services managers will jump 24%.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026
Despite revolution, invasion, war, and occupation, the artifact somehow survived the most tumultuous decades of French history.

— Mark Rice-Oxley, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2026

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Meanwhile, the threat from AI has only shown up in Booking's thinnest business, and arguably the company has structural advantages that will protect its core business from encroachment.

— Isabella Gao, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
Much to the stewards’ relief, no pitch encroachment took place.

— Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of encroachment

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The department had initially intercepted and inspected the shipment at the port based on a tip received by its counterfeit and piracy enforcement team, the department said in the release.

— Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
The increase, however, still doesn’t match the scale of Somalia’s piracy crisis at its peak.

— Joshua Hong, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026

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