adopted

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At the center of the controversy is a sidewalk vending ordinance San Diego adopted in 2024 that also prohibited yoga classes of four or more people at shoreline beaches and parks without city permission.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2026

Author and broadcaster PJ Harrison, who last year released the biography Gallagher: The Rise and Fall of Oasis, finds the process of pop songs being adopted by football fans fascinating.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026

Saturday's semiquincentennial, as it is formally known, marks 250 years to the day since the United States adopted its foundational document - the Declaration of Independence.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2026

English law had adopted a form of birthright citizenship—but, as Blackstone noted, not as a common-law matter but because naturalization “cannot be performed but by an act of parliament.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026

“No, I don’t,” was Jo’s decided answer, as she petted the fat poodle, whom she had adopted, out of respect to his former mistress.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott