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There were some similarities between the Martinez and Salah situations, with foot-on-foot contact, but not enough to constitute a penalty.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

Prosperous, modern South Korea and Taiwan now constitute half the benchmark and are still in it for technical reasons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

More generally, female dispersal and the tendency for males to remain in their natal group also constitute a predominant pattern among the great apes.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026

The report documents instances that may constitute federal wire fraud, revealing that unsuspecting private donors who intended to support the congressionally chartered foundation were apparently surreptitiously handed Freedom 250’s bank account and routing numbers instead.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

The trouble, he explained, is that nearly all the things that would constitute warning signs already exist in some measure at Yellowstone.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

Akzo said it is restricted from any engagement with Nippon Paint given that the approach constitutes an alternative proposal to its merger with Axalta.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

But California regulators and consumer watchdogs disagree with AT&T on what constitutes a reliable replacement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

After recounting the various permutations of a central bank throughout American history, he concluded that the Fed’s independence constitutes a “special arrangement sanctioned by history.”

From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026

What constitutes success for British tennis, both now and in the future, has been debated for much of the past two decades.

From BBC ● May 29, 2026

If he had views about what constitutes evidence that were different from ours, then that simply shows that ‘common sense’ varies from one culture to another.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

They discussed challenging FIFA’s use of slow-motion replay to decide whether Balogun’s stepping on an opponent’s ankle constituted a red-card offense.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

A similarly constituted body could govern the AI fund’s investment priorities and distribution policy, shielded from both corporate lobbying and political pressures.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026

But in her ruling, Lady Ross said the guidance was "in conflict with the requirement that prison accommodation be provided separately for men and women" and constituted "a mis-statement of the law".

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026

Under the UFC Whereabouts Policy, the three failures constituted an anti-doping violation equivalent to a failed drug test.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026

Every county in the Deep South had a Willoughby, each so like the other that they constituted a category called He, the Great Big Man, the Little Man, allowing for minor territorial differences.

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee

It found Kim guilty of manipulating the share price of Deutsch Motors, a South Korean car dealer, which it ruled a "collusive... trading act constituting market manipulation".

From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026

According to McKinsey & Co., the total quantum industry — computing, communications and sensing — could grow into a $97 billion market by 2035, with quantum computing constituting the lion’s share.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 15, 2025

Community restaurants could help accelerate a public shift away from environmentally damaging meat production and consumption, by constituting an expanding source of demand for locally grown plant-based food.

From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2024

That ruling said that camping and sleeping ordinances violate the 8th Amendment by constituting cruel and unusual punishment for people who had no other place to go.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2024

A total of 241 signs or letters was neatly divided by etched vertical lines into groups of several signs, possibly constituting words.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond