declare
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The group is demanding that the government declare a national emergency to unlock more resources to fight wildfires across the vast archipelago.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
This is not out of character; his habit is to prematurely declare victory in everything, apparently assuming that the force of his declaration makes it a reality.
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2026
In August, Platt countered with a demand for arbitration, asking the panel to declare him the co-CEO, according to an investor letter reviewed by the Journal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
Students must declare a major by the end of their sophomore year.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
They tie nkisis of leaves around their wrists and declare themselves impermeable to bullets, immune to death.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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He and Sheléa double-team “Still Within the Sound of My Voice,” which Mr. Webb declares “an impossible song to sing.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
It declares an El Nino when temperatures there run at least 0.5C above normal and the atmosphere responds, weakening the trade winds and shifting tropical rainfall eastward.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
Holmes declares, “From wherever I am, I’m going to continue to work inventing, even if it’s inventing from a cage.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
With yet another treatise on this topic having been published, Slate book critic Laura Miller declares that it’s time for the discourse to evolve.
From Slate ● Oct. 13, 2026
It isn't until 1800 that an Austrian doctor named Franz Josef Gall declares that the brain is the seat of the intelligence, the emotions, and the will.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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“Thursday is a paid holiday. Because Flavor Flav said so,” Flav, whose name is William Jonathan Drayton Jr., declared on Instagram and Threads.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
Asiatic cheetahs were declared extinct in India in 1952.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
For a chunk of the public, the art form’s biggest moment recently was when the actor Timothée Chalamet effectively declared it dead at a town hall event.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
Atletico also complained to Fifa, but football's governing body declared it had no jurisdiction over the case.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
“I have been sitting here for nearly an hour, asking Edward for a clue, a hint, a sign,” the Widow Ashton declared.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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Trump, however, was not entirely sour on Brazil's leftist president, declaring, "I like Lula, I get along with him very well."
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
The one thing Americans love more than a celebrity feud is taking sides and declaring a victor after each round, even if the opponents don’t realize they’re being pitted against each other.
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2026
The confusion and chaos began hours before the ceremony had even started, after the official Ballon d'Or website published an article declaring Kane as the winner of the men's award.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
Carney, who was raised in the province, has exempted Alberta from some environmental measures and backed a new oil pipeline to the coast of British Columbia, declaring it a project in the country’s national interest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
How it started was her declaring she was going hunting with her little bow and arrow.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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