declare
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Last year, former FDA commissioner David Kessler asked the agency to declare certain refined carbohydrates unsafe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Onchan has been the first constituency to declare elected candidates in the 2026 general election, followed closely by Douglas South.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Losses to agriculture, transport and insurance – with many other businesses and services closed – could lead Canada, Mexico and most Caribbean and Central American countries to declare states of emergency.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
"A new group of shareholders might say, 'Don't declare dividends; we need to reinvest this money in the companies.' What happens then? The first casualty will be the hospitals they run," said Potdar.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Anyone can fight in the Summer Tournament, but if I want to be a knight, I must declare my candidacy by wearing a green sash across my chest.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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“Light offshore wind. Clean, glassy barrels,” he declares softly to the camera as gray waves break behind him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Irwin himself declares that collections must stand apart from normal life: “What one collects should be useless.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
If the jury does not reach a verdict and Judge Sullivan declares a mistrial, prosecutors would need to decide whether to retry the case.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
If they cannot agree, the judge declares a mistrial and prosecutors must decide whether to try the case again with a new jury.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
This theory, which goes back to the ancient Greeks, declares that health is maintained by a balance of four liquids, or humors, in the body—blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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“They’re coming after one of the things that’s dear to my heart, which are the kids and this program that I’ve been working on for the past two years,” Valladares declared in an Instagram post.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
"We're rolling the dice with our children," Carter declared at a House of Representatives hearing.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
A major incident was declared and dozens of homes were evacuated after police were alerted to three "suspicious vehicles" near the airbase in Gloucestershire in the early hours of Sunday morning.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
The incident was declared on Saturday after emergency departments at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and Dr Gray's Hospital in Elgin struggled to cope with demand.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
“Well, that was a nice visit!” declared Magic, demonstrating she had no awareness of her behavior.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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And Red Lobster, which had a viral unlimited shrimp deal until declaring bankruptcy last year, brought back the promotion for a limited time on Mondays earlier this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
During the early days of the tobacco lawsuits, the tobacco companies were declaring up, down, and sideways that they didn’t know any of this, that they were just doing the best they could.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
The parliamentary commissioner for standards has been investigating whether Tice broke rules requiring MPs to be "open and frank in declaring any relevant interest" during debates in Parliament.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Let’s be careful before declaring it to be a sign of a beginning of something larger, or an end to women’s collective struggles to be heard, or a sign of lasting change in any respect.
From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2018
Others are wearing shirts declaring their favorite professional players.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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