reinstate
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A “whistleblower” is seeking the counsel of Michael and Olivia to sue a tech company called Colt AI, demanding they reinstate safety guardrails and an ethics committee.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
An independent arbitrator ordered the Washington Post to reinstate Karen Attiah, finding the newspaper wrongly terminated the columnist over comments she made following the shooting death of Charlie Kirk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
On Thursday, an independent arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Attiah and restore her wages and benefits after she was fired in September for a social media post following the Turning Point USA co-founder’s death.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
Harry waged a years-long, ultimately unsuccessful legal battle with the government to reinstate his publicly funded security.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
“It appears I shall have to reinstate Chiron as activities director. I suppose I do miss the old horse’s pinochle games.”
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
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The bank reinstates BlueScope with a buy rating and A$37.70/share target.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
“We hope the school board reinstates him promptly to his position as superintendent.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026
Even if the president reinstates most levies, the Treasury might have to refund what it has already collected.
From Barron's ● Feb. 21, 2026
That language clearly reinstates any federal employee who was either told they’d be laid off during the shutdown or actually laid off.
From Slate ● Dec. 22, 2025
Athens revives the Academe and reinstates the Olympic games under a literary avatar.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876 by Various
Her claims were initially rejected, reinstated on appeal, then struck out again.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
It was removed from a sports photography festival in the northern French town of Deauville before a court ordered it reinstated.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026
Mr. Altman famously fought back and was reinstated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
She said that after her employees’ federal badges expired last month, they were eventually reinstated until Oct.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
In March 1925, Hoover had reinstated Wren but only after warning him, “Unless you measure up to the standards that are now in effect in this Bureau, I will be compelled to request your resignation.”
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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In addition to reinstating gate visitors, the Trump administration is also looking at allowing passengers with TSA PreCheck to take water with them through airport security, according to US media reports.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
The researchers scored an early victory in the case in June 2025, when federal Judge Rita F. Lin granted them a preliminary injunction reinstating the terminated grants.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
If Fedorov and Syrskiy can’t work together, then reinstating Fedorov would require dismissing his top general, whom he handpicked for the job.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
“These problems, they have to be addressed, but you don’t address them by reinstating the SAT,” Birnir said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Before going to bed for the night, I wrote letters to my four just expelled students, reinstating them.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
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