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law

[law] / lɔ /




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When OpenAI believes a conversation indicates an imminent and credible risk of harm to others, it notifies law enforcement, according to the company.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

He said he had received a draft of the law, which they wanted to introduce soon in parliament.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

He praised the Secret Service officers and law enforcement personnel who responded that night, calling the attack “an assault on our democracy itself” and declaring that “we do not yield to political violence.”

From Salon Jul. 25, 2026

Rather than treating obesity simply as the result of poor choices, the country's new law recognises it as a chronic disease influenced by biology, environment and social circumstances.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

Now, as Greenblatt told him no judge in any court of law would side with his decision to side-pocket what was clearly a tradable security, whatever feelings Mike Burry had for him vanished.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

This does not violate the laws of physics.

From Science Daily Jul. 25, 2026

But these changes had given her hope: "The laws are now, what, 200 years out of date?"

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

Furthermore, he said, many people who are affected never file claims because they don’t understand laws around consent searches — or they are just relieved when officers let them go.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

But the margin of the vote split was stunning: The court, sitting en banc, ruled 10–5 against the Garden State’s laws, with Judge Arianna Freeman—a progressive appointee of President Joe Biden—writing the majority opinion.

From Slate Jul. 24, 2026

Learning is just the process of uncovering that previously imprinted code of laws about the workings of the universe.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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