convention

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Hormuz was not built, engineered, financed or constructed by any country, but is a natural passage governed by a United Nations convention on maritime law guaranteeing transit, Al Jaber wrote.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

People can see the supersized items, which will make them feel super small, at the Feel the Force Day comic book convention at Peterborough Cathedral, in September.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

Most arresting, though, are the four playground designs, two of which were summarily vetoed by Moses and all of which radically departed from convention.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Vendors expected the convention to be packed with thousands of people, but Cenci said she saw only about 100 attendees a day.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

At its annual convention in Washington, DC, a group of women offered a resolution officially dissociating the group from Stanton and The Woman's Bible.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling