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When raising money consumes so much of a lawmaker's schedule, governing risks being squeezed into the margins.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
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Her government is also set to scrap restrictions on lethal arms exports in the coming weeks to promote the development of Japan’s defense industry and cooperation with friendly nations, based on a proposal recently submitted by her party and its governing coalition partner.—
Mari Yamaguchi,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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To protect its incorporation business, Delaware responded by enacting legislation to give controlling shareholders more latitude under the state’s laws.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
5 Mar. 2026
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Rousseau is a notoriously controlling and meticulous leader, obsessed with optics and strict about the physical fitness of his members.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
15 Dec. 2025
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While discussing the current compensation system in college sports, the president went on a tirade against the Supreme Court for unanimously ruling against the NCAA’s restrictions on noncash compensation for college athletes in 2021.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Mar. 2026
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Shortly after the collapse of Hussein’s ruling party, crowds looted government offices and cultural sites.—
Jack Dolan,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Even Germany, with many former Nazis regnant in public life, and unabashedly fascist Spain could be accommodated in the West’s anti-totalitarian community, helped by historians such as Ernst Nolte, who argued that Nazism and fascism were simply consequences of Bolshevism.—
Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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Since the outbreak of the Covid pandemic, anti-Chinese sentiment has become not merely trendy, but politically regnant.—
Sam Thielman,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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These services do all the work for you by actively monitoring and systematically erasing your personal information from hundreds of websites.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
8 Mar. 2026
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Now, county supervisors want the Sheriff’s Department to reverse that trend by beefing up safety checks, more closely monitoring cameras and increasing access to the overdose reversal drug Naloxone.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Bullying tactics have also been alleged against other members of Redzepi’s senior team.—
Brock Keeling,
Oc Register,
12 Mar. 2026
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Christian Coleman was the biggest disruptor to TCU’s defensive game plan, as the 6-foot-8 senior consistently slipped into the lane for easy baskets, making his first four shots in the second half.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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According to Gilles Renouard, co-managing director of Unifrance, the event remains deliberately focused on servicing long-term partners.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
12 Jan. 2026
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The joint company, officially launching in January 2026, will be led by executives Mona Qureshi and Tanya Qureshi, who have been appointed co-managing directors of international.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Rodriguez Gutierrez was under a supervisory order and required to periodically check in with an immigration officer or face deportation for failing to report, according to De Bremaeker.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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The note was published just two days after German Culture Minister Wolfram Weimer and the festival’s supervisory body, the Kulturveranstaltungen des Bundes in Berlin GmbH (KBB), confirmed Tuttle would remain in her role after a chaotic 10 days during which her position was in question.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Reigning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reigning. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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