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And there was a habeas petition, which is a particular kind of lawsuit that allows somebody to challenge the legality of their imprisonment or other deprivations of liberty.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
19 Feb. 2026 -
Make no mistake, though, Huus Quell is no retreat of deprivations.—
Jackie Caradonio,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Jan. 2026
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Diaries kept by Eugenia Zieber describe the privations of the trail, chief among them the frequent deaths of fellow travelers.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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At seventy, Padura is a voice of a generation that endured a long war in Angola and the privations that followed the Soviet collapse.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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The revelation led to medal forfeitures, and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) also suspended the International Sports Federation for Persons with an Intellectual Disability (INAS), now known as Virtus, in 2001.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Mar. 2026
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The federal Victims of Crime Act fund, or VOCA, is funded by fines, penalties and bond forfeitures from convictions in federal cases.—
Tamia Fowlkes,
jsonline.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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To date, the device has met a key performance benchmark, with an average effective stiffness of 5 kN/mm over small displacements.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Mar. 2026
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Effective leaders find opportunities for augmenting their business through technology while protecting their brands and reputations from potential backlash to AI and robotics if they are associated with job displacements and negative economic and/or social impact.—
John M. Bremen,
Forbes.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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While critics emphasize job losses, some analysts maintain that the broader economy has not yet entered recession territory, with forecasters continuing to project positive—though slower—GDP growth rather than contraction.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Leading the losses was South Korea’s benchmark Kospi, which closed down almost 6%.—
Yarden Segev,
NBC news,
9 Mar. 2026
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Such hearings in the past have resulted in expulsions and even some students being forbidden from further university studies.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Feb. 2026
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None of those expulsions came from Jefferson County Public Schools.—
Kathryn Muchnick,
Louisville Courier Journal,
25 Feb. 2026
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After eight episodes, six banishments (both failed and successful), and one controversial blue sweater, Colton Underwood was officially murdered on The Traitors, thus ending the time of one of Season 4’s most controversial contestants.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
6 Feb. 2026
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Underwood has been one of the most vocal Faithfuls this season and has led the charge on a number of misguided Faithful banishments, giving Rinna some room to maneuver out from under his argument.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
30 Jan. 2026
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Noem's departure marks a turnaround for a close ally to the president who was tasked with steering his centerpiece policy of mass deportations.—
DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS,
Arkansas Online,
6 Mar. 2026
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The Department of Justice is gutting the ability to appeal deportations, in an effort to hasten them without recourse.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Dispossessions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispossessions. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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