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obiter dicta

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However, recent analyses indicate California is not on track to meet its future targets of cutting emissions 40% by 2030 and 85% by 2045.

— Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
The General Assembly should consider economic impact analyses, public input and community impacts, while also considering opportunity costs (investments and funding foregone due to the stadium investment).

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 14 Oct. 2026

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Slotkin released a video and a statement responding to the president following his remarks, daring the administration to come after her.

— Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 22 Oct. 2026
His remarks stand in contrast to those from the head of the US Development Finance Corporation, who told Semafor last month that Washington was, at least in the tech arena, looking to expand infrastructure aligned with the US.

— Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2026

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My irritation was not with the charge itself but with how some of the commentaries about it invoked as evidence Vance’s wish to be buried in the country graveyard where generations of his ancestors already rest.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
Postmortem commentaries on the campaign agreed that many factors were at play in Sinclair’s loss — FDR had kept his distance and progressive candidate Raymond Haight siphoned off votes from Sinclair — but Hollywood proudly took credit.

— Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2026

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The graph showed the climb in price over time, with annotations showing major events in Iran and Ukraine that could have had an effect.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 16 Oct. 2026
AcePDF also handles interactive forms, annotations, customizable watermarks, shapes, and comments.

— StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2026

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