license
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Prosecutors allege she illegally performed abortions and practiced medicine without a license.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026
She said she never provided her driver’s license and the agents only moved their vehicles and allowed her to leave after she called 911.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Describing him as "very dangerous", the judge added five years to his license period.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Beijing has encouraged chip companies, including Huawei, to license their workarounds and technology so that they could learn from each other, people familiar with the matter said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
His driver’s license may be automatically suspended, and he may no longer qualify for certain employment and professional licenses.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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Major international oil firms including TotalEnergies have acquired licenses to explore for oil and gas reserves off the archipelago's shores.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
The source also claimed that China collected private U.S. user data from millions of TikTok accounts—including names and addresses—which could be used to create fake driver’s licenses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
The bill replaced signature matching with stricter forms of verification, such as requiring mail-in voters to provide their driver’s license number or copies of licenses.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
Berzunza is the lead plaintiff in a federal lawsuit filed this month against the National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature, which reviews export licenses for items protected under cultural heritage statutes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
But they held on to those little yellow cards as though they meant something—laid them gently in the shoe box along with the rent receipts, marriage licenses, and expired factory identification badges.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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It's a mammoth task: The vast majority of the city's 20,500 licensed food carts -- selling pretzels, peanuts and ice cream -- rely on generators to power stoves, freezers and ventilators.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
Khara Croswaite Brindle, a licensed therapist and certified financial therapist, told MarketWatch that people don’t always think in terms of expected value, and can sometimes be risk-averse.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
An investigation was unable to conclude exactly why the women became ill, but regulators in Nevada fined the doctor, who wasn’t licensed in their state, along with two other people in connection with the incident.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
There is a licensed vaccine against the Zaire species of Ebola, but it does not work against Bundibugyo.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
“Yes, you! Aircraftwoman Brodatt! What are you doing here? You’re a licensed radio operator!”
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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Due to the sentimental nature of the Chipmunks and the rocky licensing history, Bagdasarian and Karman have held tight to the IP, keeping the rodents off the big screen for more than a decade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
According to the complaint, the combined company would control roughly 27 percent of wide-release theatrical film distribution and a similar percentage of basic cable channel licensing.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
The government says it will also relax licensing restrictions for music events, and offer longer contracts to music festivals, to make their future more secure from year to year.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Another concern is the licensing of basic cable TV channels, including CNN and HGTV, to pay-TV providers such as Charter’s Spectrum, DirecTV and Google’s YouTube TV.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
He caught a train for Chicago but quickly found that he could not work as a druggist in Illinois until he passed a licensing examination in the state capital in Springfield.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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