allowed
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"A lot of people don't know what it is, and that's I think why it's been allowed for so long, despite how cruel it is," said activist and tech worker Mike Accardi.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
It gave up 504 yards to Oregon, the third-most it had allowed over the past three seasons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
The Welsh government said the legislation allowed for decisions to be taken at a local level, with councils able to introduce the levy "to support investment in tourism services and facilities".
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
The group was “conceived as national service carried on through business…and the structure of its ownership is what has allowed it to remain so,” Tata said at the board meeting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
She’d done things no previous spirit had been allowed: grabbed his tail, entered his home uninvited, broken his teacups.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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