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The White House counsel made the warning in a letter dated Monday to Rep. Robert Garcia of Long Beach, who is in line to lead the House oversight committee.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026
The Republican chairs of those committees told Huang in a letter on Thursday that he must respond to their invitation by 8 p.m.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026
Before taking legal action, the group said they had sent a letter to the Paris police on November 5, which went unanswered.
From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026
What appears to be a 200-year-old letter of dismissal, written on a roof slate, has been found at a salvage yard.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
“It’s Monday. Did you write your letter this weekend?”
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
In the new volume of letters, the Harvard editorial team still claims there is “a paucity of documentary evidence.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
Only about a dozen, mostly fragmentary, letters survive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
Robert Frost did not want his letters saved.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
More letters to family and friends have appeared over the past seven decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
Above its huge open doors was a sign in big blue letters that said, “Eubanks Wagon Yard—Fifty Cents for Teams—Twenty-five Cents for Feed.”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
I took a pass on it and instead played on the frosh-soph basketball team and lettered in tennis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Team will be randomly chosen — or drawn — from each pot and assigned to one of the World Cup groups, lettered A through L in alphabetical order.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2025
By 1956, hospital births were becoming more common, and midwifery textbooks were recommending that a "wrist name-tape" or "string of lettered china beads" should be attached directly to the newborn.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2025
In high school, she lettered in three sports.
From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2024
On the bow, the name Pax was still readable, lettered in gold.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
In the latest instance, White & Case last week unveiled new corporate branding that includes lettering inspired by ancient legal slabs and photographic effects echoing rocket launches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
In 2024, the firm shortened its identity to just “Freshfields,” dropped the angelic emblem in external communications and began using block lettering more synonymous with online startups and streetwear brands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
This early-to-mid 19th century craft involves applying artwork, lettering and gold leaf backwards onto glass panes, as often seen in traditional pubs or shop fronts.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
His custom designs range variously include the Miesha name, a half-lady ghost-butterfly, splattered imagery, quotes in cursive and barbed wire lettering.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
This morning there was a piece of paper taped to the inside of the glass, with handwritten lettering on it.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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