compromises

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“A system in which a person’s right to liberty turns on financial resources compromises public safety and raises equal protection and due process concerns,” Associate Justice Joshua P. Groban wrote in his concurrence.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

The fundamental problem is that the nominal 50-50 energy split between internal combustion and electrical power with the current engine architecture does not work without major compromises.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

They weren’t politically costly compromises, but that would soon change.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

Experienced negotiators might have tried to use this insistence as the basis for demanding other compromises.

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026

He mediated between demigods, listened to all sides of an argument, found compromises.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan