adopted
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In fact, the City Section was only following rules adopted by its football coaches directing that teams be placed in brackets by strictly following where they are rated in computer rankings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
"As such, we looked at the wider pattern of offences this year in relation to the Orange hall and adopted a different policing approach," McManus said.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
Rule 5.4 of the ethics rules that govern lawyers, as adopted in nearly every jurisdiction, prohibits nonlawyers from owning law firms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
Pope Leo XIV is about to embark on one of the most ambitious papal foreign trips in decades, touring Uruguay, Argentina and his adopted homeland Peru, despite recent lung cancer surgery.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
We were going to see one of the many poor families in the neighborhood whom Mama had adopted.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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