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Jones said the Virginia Supreme Court is invalidating the will of millions of Virginians who cast their vote in the April 21 election.—
Amy DeLaura,
The Washington Examiner,
8 May 2026 -
Black voters in Louisiana had hoped the justices would keep on hold until after the November election their decision invalidating a congressional map that includes two majority-Black districts.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
5 May 2026
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Kennedy’s appointment of 13 committee members was stayed, per the ruling, nullifying their positions and any of their votes.—
Erika Edwards,
NBC news,
30 Apr. 2026
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Red states have branded climate-friendly policies as government overreach, in some cases nullifying energy-efficiency measures in their more liberal cities.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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His experience gave him extensive, intimate knowledge of the southwestern United States, shaping his writing, which explored such themes as the sublime and forbidding wilderness, and human encroachment on nature.—
René Ostberg,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
7 May 2026
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OpenAI leaned into the curious habit, choosing to highlight the goblin-forbidding prompt in a tweet.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Disqualifying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disqualifying. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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