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Continue the premiums by direct debit and make sure that the insurance company has no reason or loophole to cancel it for lack of payment.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
"It is embarrassing to cancel it a couple of days before," he added.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
Protesters gathered on a sandy beach facing azure waters, some waving red Albanian flags, others carrying inflatable flamingos -- the movement’s symbol -- while chanting "cancel the project!"
From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026
In America, I once told my father—during Bill Clinton’s 1996 reelection, in which I knew he was voting for Bob Dole—that I was heading to the library to cancel his vote.
From Slate • Jun. 6, 2026
Even the music of a flamenco band did not overpower or even cancel out the clamor and tumult that spilled out of the room.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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