license
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Cox had long refused to carry the TV channel, citing the Dodgers’ high license fees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
The lawsuit involves eight Disney-owned ABC stations whose license renewals were moved up years ahead of schedule.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
During the show’s filming, Foster explained that he is coming up on the one-year renewal period for his real-estate license, which he decided to renew despite being annoyed by the fees he had to pay.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
Prison staff told the BBC the high level of offenders being recalled to prison for breaching license conditions given on their release or re-offending has cancelled out much of the extra room.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
“I put off getting my license because of soccer practice, homework, and the fact that I know my parents couldn’t afford to get me a car right now, so what was the point?”
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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With fishermen only catching "six sewin last year, there's a strong possibility that they won't take up their licenses next year".
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
The lawsuit seeks emergency relief to stop the agency’s early renewal proceeding and any resulting threat against ABC’s station licenses.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
Buermann licenses cartoons and shorts shown at each event, to check the boxes but also to gain industry respect and help with financial support.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
But that seems to be largely the result of Treasury’s issuance of new general licenses, which allow the sale of Venezuelan crude internationally.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
It would mean that the land would go right back to the way it was: commercial licenses and logging to private companies.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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Authorities have recommended measures including providing safer boats and life jackets, dredging waterways, deploying water guards at jetties and terminals, and ensuring boat operators are properly trained and licensed.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Some 90% of U.S. licensed common carriers operate 10 or fewer trucks, and most are struggling to stay afloat, Sutherland said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
Researchers at Pew, for example, asked respondents in one survey if they were licensed to operate a type of nuclear submarine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Futu doesn’t have one of those domestic licensed platforms, so it is now focusing on business outside the mainland, including Hong Kong—where it says one of every two adults is a Futu user—and Southeast Asia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
In the England of Hobbes’s day you needed to be licensed to teach in a school, and you could only teach Latin from the authorized textbook, Lily’s Grammar.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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In the case of the FTC and FCC, we will have issues enforcing competitive rules and licensing for different broadcast stations.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
“Each of SPGI’s benchmark franchises is a high-margin, IP licensing business with a formidable competitive moat inside an oligopolistic market structure,” the Pershing Square letter observed.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Standard licensing models between large AI companies and individual news organizations include guaranteed fees and are generally tied to broad access to content, rather than a pay-as-you-go model.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Video podcasts from the Jonas Brothers and the cast of “Boy Meets World” are heading to Disney+ as part of a new licensing partnership with iHeartMedia designed to capture viewers on mobile and beyond.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
“No, Mr. Washington only found the reference to it. The licensing file also says that Mrs. Moss stated that she no longer allowed the children to taste her home-cooked hot sauce.”
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
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