reinstate
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During Joe Biden's term as US president, he made some attempts to reinstate the Obama-era deal, but this did not happen.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Harry waged a years-long, ultimately unsuccessful legal battle with the government to reinstate his publicly funded security.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
Carney will also need buy-in from provincial premiers to reinstate the sale of US alcohol, as liquor sales are controlled by the provinces, not the federal government.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Murrill has been pushing the court since September 2024 to reject his compensation claim and also to reinstate a manslaughter charge against him.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
The soldiers’ job was to reinstate the country’s democratically elected government, in the process stripping power from the junta—a government composed of military leaders—whose corrupt and cruel reign had gone on for three years.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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The NCAA, meanwhile, is hoping an appeals court reinstates Sorsby’s ban.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
The EU's goal is that Meta reinstates third-party AI assistants' access to WhatsApp under the same conditions as before its October 2025 policy change when it "effectively" barred them.
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026
“We hope the school board reinstates him promptly to his position as superintendent.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026
That language clearly reinstates any federal employee who was either told they’d be laid off during the shutdown or actually laid off.
From Slate ● Dec. 22, 2025
It reinstates me in my dominion, makes me the lord of creation, is chief musician of my court.
From History of American Literature by Reuben Post Halleck
They grew suspicious about who was loyal to whom, even after Altman was reinstated as CEO.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Secondly, they requested that the weekly visits by Khan's family reinstated by the court "be honoured without interruption or administrative delay".
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
The Cal State faculty union ruled earlier this summer that she must be reinstated as a tenured professor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
WASHINGTON—Attorney General Todd Blanche is launching a new process that allows individuals who lost their gun rights because of felony convictions to apply to have them reinstated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
But the newly reinstated Commissioner Curtis would not even talk with them.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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Administrators have been able to adjust to those departures, including reinstating one worker who was able to regain employment authorization, Lavender said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
This included a cut to VAT on household electricity bills and business rate cuts for pubs, reinstating a £2 bus fare cap in England and holding initial cross-party talks on social care reform.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
He did not endorse reinstating requirements or keeping the status quo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
Powering today’s rally is a renewed sense of optimism from Wall Street, with Bank of America analyst Tal Liani reinstating coverage of the stock on Monday with a buy rating and a $130 price target.
From MarketWatch ● May 18, 2026
But his contrition did not last long, for the next day he informed us he was reinstating all the charges against us.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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