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synods

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plural of synod

as in meetings

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Newcastle feared an even more punitive settlement and spent months in dialogue and face-to-face meetings with UEFA officials to try to reduce the severity of the punishments.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 18 July 2026
Bouanga has scored 11 goals in 10 career matches against the Galaxy across all competitions and has scored in the last seven meetings, the longest such streak in the rivalry’s history.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026

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Republicans are already committed to making the Iowa caucuses their first contest in 2028, and delaying the Democratic caucus could reinforce the idea that Democrats don’t prioritize rural voters, the Iowa presenters said.

— Daniel C. Vock, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
Iowa, New Hampshire, and Nevada have traditionally been among the first states to hold presidential primaries or caucuses, although neither party has set its formal presidential primary and caucus calendar yet.

— Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 23 Dec. 2025

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In 16th-century Italy, gamblers could wager on the election of civic magistrates and the outcome of papal conclaves.

— Parker Bach, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2026
Behind the large wooden door, its frescoed walls closed to the general public reveal details of the compound's dramatic history, including papal conclaves and the Inquisition interrogation of Galileo Galilei.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026

Definition of conclaves

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Some of these hacks include mixing baking soda and sugar, putting bay leaves around cabinets and under appliances and repelling roaches with essential oils.

— Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 16 July 2026
The kitchen is nearby and is arranged galley style, with cabinets on each wall.

— Adam Williams July 14, New Atlas, 14 July 2026

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Now, seven soundstages and nearly as many offices and workshops serve as a key site for TV hits, in this case, the final chapter of Netflix‘s LGBTQIA+ YA hit Heartstopper.

— Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2026
Joint workshops and educational showcases are featured prominently at the upcoming NASTEX International Exhibition on the Damascus Fairgrounds, July 18 through July 21.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 16 July 2026

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Since the tournament began, police have declared unlawful assemblies twice, including late July 5, when a crowd began throwing bottles at officers.

— Ryan Macasero, Mercury News, 19 July 2026
The entire primary loop, containing the reactor core, control mechanisms, and steam generation assemblies, is enclosed within a single cylindrical steel capsule.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 19 July 2026

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Funding challenges have forced the closure of re-entry homes like the one at Charlotte’s McLeod Center and the shuttering of re-entry organizations like Redirection-NC as well as local reentry councils across the state.

— Amber Gaudet July 18, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026
Doug Lederman recently made the case in Inside Higher Ed for regional councils that could organize the work postsecondary institutions do for their regions' learners, employers and citizens.

— Matt Gandal, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of councils

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The list of signatories includes many of the field’s most prominent names, more than 50 of whom have spoken at previous congresses.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2026
Palestinian soccer officials have long argued — including at FIFA annual congresses across the past 15 years, before Infantino was president — that Israel violates statutes by letting teams from settlements in the West Bank play in the national league.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026

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