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While the measure doesn’t entail the permanent closing-off of the Brazilian market, operators will likely have to cease their operations in the meantime, they said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
In a newsy weekend on the AI front, CEO Sam Altman said OpenAI won’t target an initial public offering this year and noted that making AI safer will entail “significant costs.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has promised "the biggest council house building programme since the post-war period" - although he has not provided details on exactly what this will entail.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Omishakin said it is too soon to say how much California will invest in the effort, or how many chargers it will ultimately entail, although the number is probably in the hundreds if not higher.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Winston debated with himself whether to award Comrade Ogilvy the Order of Conspicuous Merit; and in the end he decided against it because of the unnecessary cross-referencing that it would entail.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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Jones, who is also in the middle of a comedy tour, shared what her Sunday Funday in L.A. entails.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
But Oman hasn’t confirmed a deal, and Iranian officials have offered contradictory statements on what it entails.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
The Institute for Fiscal Studies think tank says there is "relatively little detail" about what Reform's plan entails.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
That’s what his seeming break with longevity actually entails: an overhaul of his life’s mission away from “lifemaxxing” toward more specific goals like curing the incurable.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026
Because, beyond the military disadvantage losing a Mockingjay entails, I am broken.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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The trips entailed hotel stays because he couldn’t manage the round-trip drive in a day.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
That entailed frequent calls to a large language model.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
On Friday, the court's judges said the 2024 drone operation "entailed the use of South Korea's military capabilities for private purposes".
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
Those who remember Wishbone and his many adventures can now dive into the incredible behind-the-scenes feat that producing the show entailed in the new comprehensive documentary “What’s the Story, Wishbone?” from director Joey Stewart.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026
However, this option, quite aside from the misgivings his lordship was bound to have as regards gossip travelling, entailed my having to rely on unknown quantities just when a mistake could prove most costly.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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In recent years, a couple of local districts have rolled out pilot programs entailing the release of sterile male mosquitoes to drive the population down, a relatively new approach to tackling these mosquitoes.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2025
He noted that the Machinists’ work, physically tiring and often entailing exposure to toxic chemicals, takes a toll.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 6, 2023
So, the fuel needs a larger percentage of this isotope, entailing higher uranium-235 enrichment than the 4 percent enriched LEU typically used in nuclear power plants.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 20, 2023
Sardinia has restaurants all over the island referred to as "agriturismo," which is where local farms offer up a dining experience typically entailing a set menu consisting of only ingredients from the property.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2023
There are videos about the importance and difference of treble and bass clefs; there is a list of music terms and what they mean, and the site even contains videos entailing the transposition of music.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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