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Pate said the government would send a bill to the National Assembly to push forward with the decriminalisation plan, with the aim of reducing suicide deaths and attempts by 15 percent by 2030.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
England will aim for a 3-0 clean sweep of Pakistan in the third Test at Edgbaston, beginning on 9 September.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Scientists aim to find some of those with a cutting-edge instrument built by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
The new institution will aim to prepare people to take on a range of positions at NASA, in military space agencies and the private sector, according to the White House.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
I remove the cap from Danny’s camera and aim.
From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya
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Dyson aims to convince consumers to swap out their analog toothbrushes and dental floss for a $499 machine—as well as a special nonfoaming Dyson toothpaste.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
The gathering aims to grapple with challenges such as climate change, drug crime, and the Chinese test-firing of a ballistic missile in July that landed in the Pacific Ocean.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
Those observations will inform an aspirational future mission — the Habitable Worlds Observatory, which aims to view Earth-like planets more than 1 billion times dimmer than their host stars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
The scheme, external aims to ease prison overcrowding in England and Wales.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Ray unwinds the hose from the side of the house and aims the nozzle at the door, and I turn the water on.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has previously vetoed some bills aimed at adding restrictions on Silicon Valley businesses, will still have to weigh in on whether to sign the pieces of legislation into law.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Pezeshkian told the summit that if the United States returns to the deal aimed at ending months of hostilities, Iran "will immediately take reciprocal action", according to the Iranian presidency's website.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
The government's £300m Great British Summer Savings scheme aimed to help families with the cost of the summer holidays.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
The material functions both as a sustained-release drug delivery system and as a viscosupplement, meaning it could potentially improve joint lubrication while simultaneously delivering treatments aimed at the underlying disease.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
How he aimed around them and over their heads.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
Fire Point, Ukraine’s biggest maker of long-range drones, is aiming to produce 300 of its FP-1 model a day, around eight times more than last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Peru's Buse, who is ranked 36th in the world, will be aiming to win his second title of the season after beating Tommy Paul at the ATP 500 event in Hamburg in May.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Amusing and brightly satirical as this turn of events is, it begins to feel more like a tempest in a teapot than the sustainable story engine Hirons was aiming for.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Warsh is leading a review to reduce the central bank’s roughly $6.7 trillion–to–$6.8 trillion balance sheet, aiming to lower asset holdings while avoiding disruptions to funding markets.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
The problem was that Inej was no longer certain what she was aiming for.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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