convention
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So perhaps there was a sense that the security vetting didn't reveal much more than was already known, convention said it shouldn't be passed on anyway, plus it was too late.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
In an interview with The Times, Hicks said the party relies on delegates to vet candidates before endorsement votes at the party convention.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
The follow-up to 2022 blockbuster Top Gun: Maverick is "officially in development with a script well under way", Paramount's Josh Greenstein told the convention.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
The SantaCon website describes it as “a charitable, nonpolitical, nonsensical Santa Claus convention that happens once a year to fund art & spread absurdist joy.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Boycotts had been used before, as far back as 1832, when a national convention of free blacks meeting in Philadelphia initiated a boycott of goods made by slave labor.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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