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In July, the Lone Pine Canyon Protection Alliance and three longtime residents, including Falb’s mother, Michele, filed a petition in court calling for the county to reconsider the decision granting the vested mining rights.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
According to the judgement, the judge invited the duty governor to reconsider the decision, but that offer was declined.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
"Based on our new results, however, we think that it is time to reconsider that."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
Some wanted the clerk’s office to press the state to reconsider.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
When Mark Antony finally did order Cleopatra to go home to Alexandria and wait for him there, she persuaded him to reconsider.
From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby
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Oil futures extended their rally with Brent rising for a fifth straight session as the market reconsiders reports of progress toward an agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Sunak is an ambassador for the Prostate Cancer Research charity, and made his comments as the UK National Screening Committee reconsiders its 2020 decision not to recommend routine screening.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2025
“We hope the federal government reconsiders and allows the fun and informative phrases to continue on Arizona’s highway message signs.”
From Slate ● Jan. 23, 2024
“So far she’s been missing the opportunity, but we hope that she reconsiders and does the right thing.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2023
Then he reconsiders and slides his arm around me, pulling me to him.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
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If its reach has been misunderstood, other explanations built around the traditional model may also need to be reconsidered.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
Her lawyer might try to have her bail reconsidered, but the fact that there’s been a mistrial doesn’t really change Clancy’s circumstances.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
Despite this, the ABA has enjoyed an accreditation monopoly, which state policies have further entrenched, though some of those are now being reconsidered or repealed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Security for the couple has long been a point of tension, with the July visit being reconsidered because the duke's request for police protection was rejected.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Claudia reconsidered, “Well, we might look for fingerprints. That’s one way. For a start.”
From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg
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However, Steffi Cao argues, many people are reconsidering how they shop for clothes.
From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026
The researchers nevertheless considered their findings serious enough to warrant reconsidering the sweetener's safety.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
Many people are reconsidering their Caesar salad lunches and berry breakfasts as cases of cyclosporiasis, the explosive-diarrhea illness, continue to rise in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
“When we’re all sitting there saying, ‘No, that doesn’t gain an unfair advantage,’ then that’s when we have to start reconsidering things back to the spirit of the law.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
Having made such an analysis of the situation, it was not long before I found myself reconsidering Mr Farraday's kind suggestion of some days ago.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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