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At one point, the university temporarily suspended construction after workers dug a 70-foot-deep hole over 10 feet away from the intended location.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
Across the valley, residents of rural Sugarloaf Township are fighting a high-voltage power line that is likely intended to supply the data center.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
There is a statutory review of the measures for veterans to ensure they "deliver as intended"
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
Ellen Zucker, an attorney for Knouse, said they intended to appeal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
I reminded myself over and over that Mr. Haber intended to forget the incident and would never try anything like that again.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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Spurred on by Berowne, “a man replete with mocks,” they double down on whimsy, dressing up for some reason as Russians to bamboozle their intendeds.
From New York Times ● Jul. 27, 2023
The online star, who has more than 20m YouTube subscribers, intendeds to sue Paradise for defamation for the "irreparable damages" to his reputation.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2021
The setting is Naples, and old philosopher Don Alfonso bets the boys that their intendeds are fallible.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2014
What is the reason that men fall in love with me, whether I like it or not, and desert their chosen intendeds for my sake?'
From Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
Her sketch of a sojourn upon the Lioness Range is not tempting: young gentlemen who intend leading brides to the deadly peninsula should hide the book from their fair intendeds.
From To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I by Sir Richard Francis Burton
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