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The obscure law bans a person from soliciting or receiving nonpublic information from a public servant by means of their office or employment with the intent to obtain a benefit.

From Slate • Mar. 26, 2026

He argued with righteous tenacity that Southerners could be convinced to relinquish their slaves by means of patient “moral suasion.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025

It would provide training and instruction to the Congolese troops on the ground by means of a contingent of 300 instructors, many of them Romanians.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2025

The trap door then closes again by means of an elastic resetting mechanism.

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2024

He has preferred to lose with his own troops rather than to win with those of others, judging that to be no true victory which has been gained by means of foreign troops.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli




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