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Recent Examples of unsanctioned
Security gates are located at every Loop entrance and exit to prevent unsanctioned entry.
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Hadley Hitson, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Oct. 2025
During his sojourn in Philadelphia, Ali constantly challenged Frazier to unsanctioned fights.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
His last match was a brutal, unsanctioned Lights Out Steel Cage match at the AEW Forbidden Door pay-per-view on August 24.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
The Death Riders get the last laugh Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi, Darby Allin, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Will Ospreay may have won the unsanctioned Lights Out Steel Cage Match against The Death Riders, Gabe Kidd and Matt and Nick Jackson.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2025
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Hadley Hitson, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Oct. 2025
During his sojourn in Philadelphia, Ali constantly challenged Frazier to unsanctioned fights.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
His last match was a brutal, unsanctioned Lights Out Steel Cage match at the AEW Forbidden Door pay-per-view on August 24.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
The Death Riders get the last laugh Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi, Darby Allin, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Will Ospreay may have won the unsanctioned Lights Out Steel Cage Match against The Death Riders, Gabe Kidd and Matt and Nick Jackson.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2025
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Meanwhile, both Ukrainian and Russian military bloggers reported that unauthorized Starlink satellite communications terminals in use by Russian forces had been disrupted or disconnected, following a public appeal by Kyiv to Starlink producer SpaceX and its owner Elon Musk.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
5 Feb. 2026
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Earn 1% cash back on all other purchases With Zero Liability you won't be held responsible for unauthorized charges made with your card or account information.—
Ryley Amond,
CNBC,
4 Feb. 2026
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Those expenditures included unapproved travel, meals, streaming subscriptions, and other charges that city officials said lacked clear authorization and oversight.—
Zachary Bynum,
CBS News,
5 Feb. 2026
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Hardcore gym-goers initially sourced their unapproved peptides from laboratories in China, said Turnock.—
Sara Talpos — Undark,
STAT,
3 Feb. 2026
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Officers found the unlicensed driver, who was behind the wheel of a Nissan passenger vehicle, a short distance away.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
7 Feb. 2026
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Tanya Miller, Hallandale Beach Insensitive and stupid The only result of an English-only driving test will be millions of unlicensed and uninsured drivers on our roads.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Feb. 2026
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The smuggled fungus, Fusarium graminearum, can cause billions in crop losses and is harmful to humans and livestock.—
Tresa Baldas,
Freep.com,
13 Nov. 2025
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Laboratory tests of smuggled samples taken from late Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny show that he was poisoned when he was imprisoned in a Siberian penal colony, his widow Yulia Navalnaya has said.—
Anna Chernova,
CNN Money,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Unsanctioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsanctioned. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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