reinstate
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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
Carney will also need buy-in from provincial premiers to reinstate the sale of US alcohol, as liquor sales are controlled by the provinces, not the federal government.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Murrill has been pushing the court since September 2024 to reject his compensation claim and also to reinstate a manslaughter charge against him.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
Officials have since launched Section 301 investigations, including on forced labor, to reinstate duties.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
The soldiers’ job was to reinstate the country’s democratically elected government, in the process stripping power from the junta—a government composed of military leaders—whose corrupt and cruel reign had gone on for three years.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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The NCAA, meanwhile, is hoping an appeals court reinstates Sorsby’s ban.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
ServiceNow extends gains into as second day after Bank of America reinstates coverage of the stock with a Buy rating.
From Barron's ● May 19, 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
The Heisman Trust reinstates the trophy to Reggie Bush and USC, three years after the era of forbidding college athletes from receiving compensation ended.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2024
The eye sees a certain coloured surface; the mind sees at the same instant many other co-existent but unapparent facts—it reinstates in their due order these unapparent facts.
From The Principles of Success in Literature by George Henry Lewes
Secondly, they requested that the weekly visits by Khan's family reinstated by the court "be honoured without interruption or administrative delay".
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
Gibbins was elected to the council that same month and was then suspended by Reform, before being reinstated with a final written warning.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
The Cal State faculty union ruled earlier this summer that she must be reinstated as a tenured professor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
WASHINGTON—Attorney General Todd Blanche is launching a new process that allows individuals who lost their gun rights because of felony convictions to apply to have them reinstated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
It was the end of September before visiting days were reinstated at La Victoria, and we got to see the men.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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Administrators have been able to adjust to those departures, including reinstating one worker who was able to regain employment authorization, Lavender said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
He did not endorse reinstating requirements or keeping the status quo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
ALAV's Loaiza is confident that reinstating connectivity will encourage other US companies to relaunch strategic routes -- particularly from Houston, which is vital for the oil industry.
From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026
The tech billionaire had ushered in sweeping changes to the platform after purchasing it, including reinstating the accounts of controversial figures and lifting some content restrictions.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026
But his contrition did not last long, for the next day he informed us he was reinstating all the charges against us.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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