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consent

[kuhn-sent] / kษ™nหˆsษ›nt /




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Stone has drawn attention by saying consent isn’t part of marriage.

From Salon โ— Sep. 28, 2026

“As an actor, my biggest concern is consent and creative ownership, making sure performers have transparency and control over how their likeness, voice, and performances are being used,” von Schwarz said.

From Slate โ— Sep. 26, 2026

Other companies, including Disney and Apple, have also been hit with lawsuits alleging they illegally collected biometric data without people’s consent.

From Los Angeles Times โ— Sep. 18, 2026

Once a development receives planning consent, mobile operators are issued a notice-to-quit and must remove their antennas.

From BBC โ— Sep. 17, 2026

Senator Gravel asked for the unanimous consent of all subcommittee members to insert the rest of the Pentagon Papers into the public record.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

These consents, after all, are legal agreements that terminate a biological parent’s legal claim to a child and vest those rights in non-biological parents.

From Slate โ— May 13, 2026

The board cited uncertainty in obtaining client consents and questioned Victory Capital’s $500 million synergy estimate.

From The Wall Street Journal โ— Mar. 11, 2026

And he can remain on our soil only when the sovereign — in the U.S., that’s “We the People” — consents to it.

From Los Angeles Times โ— Mar. 13, 2025

"Shell, Equinor and Ithaca," wrote Lord Ericht, "knew or ought to have known at the time that the consents were granted that the law was uncertain."

From BBC โ— Jan. 30, 2025

He consents without a murmur, all join in a joyful chorus, and the curtain falls upon the lovers kneeling to receive Don Pedro’s blessing in attitudes of the most romantic grace.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

The court also acquitted them of abusing Graven's psychological frailty, as he had told police prior to his death that he had consented to the stunts, Hamadi's lawyer told Reuters.

From BBC โ— Aug. 7, 2026

When the detective asked her to take a polygraph, she consented.

From Slate โ— Apr. 6, 2026

North Korea consented to freeze its illicit nuclear work and eventually allow full inspections in exchange for a multibillion-dollar package of civilian nuclear power and oil.

From The Wall Street Journal โ— Apr. 3, 2026

Ecuador said that its officials had not consented to ICE entering the consulate.

From BBC โ— Jan. 28, 2026

Much against her will, Jo at length consented to sacrifice a day to Mrs. Grundy, and help her sister through what she regarded as ‘a nonsensical business’.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

These "pre-mortem" tissue samples came from consenting patients undergoing heart bypass procedures at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney.

From Science Daily โ— Sep. 11, 2026

The people behind the show, most prominently creator Rick Mahr and director Todd Lewis, deserve some credit for consenting to be interviewed at all.

From The Wall Street Journal โ— Sep. 2, 2026

If a journalist wants an on-the-record interview with someone in Objection’s orbit, they are asked to sign an agreement consenting in advance to the tribunal’s jurisdiction.

From Salon โ— Apr. 23, 2026

“If you want to run your mouth, we can be two consenting adults. We can finish it here,” the U.S. senator said during a congressional hearing.

From Slate โ— Mar. 5, 2026

We helped the sick to their feet, and to them donated our own bedrolls, consenting to go without blankets for one night.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson




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