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His lawyer, Bradley Hertz, attempted to argue that legislators, when crafting laws protecting ballots, meant different rules to apply to investigations of elections preceding formal prosecutions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
The US is Canada's top destination for overall mineral exports, another point where Ottawa could apply pressure.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
US Vice President JD Vance admitted the plan was a "delicate dance" because Iran will "try to apply economic pressure to us".
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
A few years ago, as the president of the Investment Banking Academy at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Kolb helped fellow students apply for banking jobs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Or did the rule only apply to food?
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
That program also applies to post-production, but only if 75% of filming or the overall budget is spent in the state.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
If she applies through the ACA Marketplace and her income appears low enough for Medicaid rather than Marketplace subsidies, the application should likely be referred to the relevant state program.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026
The bursary scheme, introduced by Education Minister Paul Givan, only applies to students who start their training in September 2026.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
The administration had planned in May to suspend the annual tariff-rate quota—which applies a higher tariff rate after a certain level of beef imports is reached—on all beef-exporting nations, The Wall Street Journal reported.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
You’ve listened to the testimony and you’ve had the law read to you and interpreted as it applies to this case.
From "Twelve Angry Men" by Reginald Rose
Sunwoo has also developed and applied to patent a method for producing and expanding large numbers of the modified cells, technically known as cytotoxic tissue-resident natural killer cells.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
The name change, which applied to federal publications and communications, generally isn’t recognized by other countries, including Mexico.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
That message applied to his goalkeepers - Sanchez and number two Mike Penders, 21, who is waiting to make his debut after returning from a successful loan spell at Strasbourg.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
“Words like ‘genocide’ and ‘apartheid,’ applied to a corporate transaction, aren’t just wrong — they’re a bridge too far.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
He tells me daily that if I applied myself, I could be “one heck of an asset to the team.”
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
A 94-year-old trucker is applying with Guinness World Records for the mark of oldest semitruck driver in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
The formula can also change depending on what benefits the individual is applying for.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026
"People leave their rubbish out. There are cars, loud music, it's not dangerous but I can't sleep. I keep applying for jobs but I can't find one."
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
"When judicial actors are threatened for applying the law, it is the international legal order itself that is placed at risk," the court said in a statement.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
We’ll be applying in like only four years.”
From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan
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