imported

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Build more refineries that can process America’s vast supply of light crude, which many of our refineries now aren’t able to handle, having been originally built to process imported heavy crude.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Both species cannot be legally imported into Australia or kept, bred or sold.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Yet now, without any justification, the supermajority has imported Callais’ jury-rigged standards into the constitutional rules against racial gerrymandering.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

His agency, which depends almost entirely on imported water from the Delta via the State Water Project, serves more than 75,000 people in Agoura Hills, Calabasas, Hidden Hills, Westlake Village and surrounding areas.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

He also imported crates of fine liqueurs that were cleared through customs without incident.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende