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Several African nationals remained in custody, even though initial findings suggested they may have been victims of human trafficking, officials said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026

Binance's initial investigation suggested an engineer's laptop was compromised, which allowed access to unauthorised withdrawals, but a later update said they had uncovered "additional points of breach".

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

In 2022, she agreed to make an initial payment of $2,500 by June 1 and then $400 monthly to the company until the amount was paid off.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

Some childhood cancers may be far more dangerous than their initial risk classification suggests.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

In 1947, Gardner had compiled all of his initial research into a secret memo titled "Special Analysis Report No. 1."

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

The room still features a personalized touch: an island bearing Foreman’s initials, “G.F.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

Along with its Irish heritage, Fontaines D.C.—the initials stand for “Dublin City,” which is where the group came together—had two qualities that made it distinctive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

The affidavit identifies the woman with the initials “JK” and alleges the dispute broke out on the morning of Aug. 28 after Ross confronted the woman about being tagged in an Instagram photo.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Messages on its walls included: "RIP The Boys", "Never Be Forgotten RIP The Lads", and the initials of those in the car with "Rest easy boys".

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

There were like twenty different sets of initials carved into the wood.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña

One of the invoices is initialed “SW” with “OK to pay” written by it.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 12, 2022

He testified to purchasing a car for $3,500 and initialed a blank sales agreement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2022

A small auction house in Massachusetts offered it for sale as a “an unidentified gentleman, initialed I.L., and dated 1652,” with an estimate of $200 to $300.

From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2022

The poems — some long, some short, sometimes with crossed-out words and corrections — were each dated and signed or initialed “C.B.”

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 30, 2022

I turned back to the wires, counted them, corrected the inventory slip, initialed it, and moved down to the next shelf.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler

The US State Department said technical teams had initialled the draft text on Wednesday, ahead of a formal signing ceremony next Friday to be witnessed by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2025

He reminded the jury of that evidence, including a memo the former president initialled authorising a pay cut for another executive for the exact amount of his perk, rent paid by the company.

From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2022

Medinsky said Russia had made a second major de-escalatory step by agreeing to a possible meeting of the two countries’ presidents at the same moment that a peace agreement was initialled.

From Reuters ● Mar. 29, 2022

President Mohamed Mursi's government initialled an IMF deal in November but postponed ratification in December due to unrest ignited by a political row over the extent of Mursi's powers.

From Reuters ● Apr. 3, 2013

“That is correct, Monsieur. My handkerchiefs are always initialled in the Russian characters. H is N in Russian.”

From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie

Sometimes, I think back to initialing the bark, or nailing a plank of wood into the trunk, or breaking a branch by accident.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 19, 2023

He was initialing ballots to be handed out to voters, a standard procedure mandated by state law, according to the county clerk.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 11, 2022

Scott McDonell, the Dane County clerk, said the man is a poll worker, and the video shows him initialing ballots before they were handed out to voters.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 11, 2022

But he turned out to be a poll worker in Wisconsin conducting the standard procedure of initialing ballots for voters.

From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2022

His correspondence shows him to have been a warm-hearted friend; and he had the same devout practice of initialing his manuscripts as his brother.

From Haydn by J. Cuthbert (James Cuthbert) Hadden

The earlier taste still ruled in initialling and border decorations; but little flowers were added by degrees to the thorn-leaf pattern, and birds, sometimes angels, introduced.

From The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times by Alfred Biese

While Mollie and Grace closed their eyes, Betty dug idly in the sand, and Amy produced a handkerchief and a tiny embroidery frame and began initialling a corner.

From The Outdoor Girls at Ocean View Or, The Box That Was Found in the Sand by Laura Lee Hope

This is the Epeira’s trade-mark, the flourish of an artist initialling his creation. 

From The Life of the Spider by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos

Lawless had acted on an impulse in initialling her programme as he had done—a recurrence, even though slight, of the old midsummer madness.

From Grit Lawless by F.E. Mills Young

He was very preoccupied, pinning up cheques and initialling some important customer's paying-in book.

From Somehow Good by William Frend De Morgan