citation
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"Ten thousand sorties, 23,000 combat flight hours, almost 4,000 combat sorties," he said, later announcing the award of a presidential unit citation to the strike group for "extraordinary heroism against enemy forces."
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
In 2004, the William Allen White School of Journalism at the University of Kansas named Gerald the winner of the 2005 William Allen White Foundation's national citation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Maybe they can get tenure by embracing and touting these ideas and getting a citation from a Supreme Court justice, maybe even a majority opinion.
From Slate ● Aug. 16, 2026
Two former winners - Suede and Dave - receive nominations, while Florence + The Machine picks up a fourth citation for her thunderous new album, Everybody Scream.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Her sister Emily Winston received a citation from President Roosevelt, thanking her for more than one thousand hours of meritorious service as a nurse’s aide during the war.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
Buoyed by its cutesy fairytale metaphor, it collected citations steadily for a few years before gaining wider notice a decade later.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Students can test competing interpretations, locate original citations and explore bodies of scholarship that many of us first encountered in graduate school.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
UnitedHealthcare, the largest Medicare Advantage company, led with the most AI citations, at roughly 15%, followed by Humana at 12%.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
Late last month, the county's public health department fined Lineage for "unsanitary and nuisance" conditions with $500-a-day citations.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
The first one received many media citations: aging of the population.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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