consent
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There was still a humanitarian emergency and disturbances to public order in the territory, he said, while it was "basically impossible" to return the minors who had crossed because this required their consent.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
The government has been ramping up its investigations of improper care — such as leaving patients in unnecessary pain, signing people up without their consent or failing to properly screen and train employees.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
In extreme cases, schools are covering day-to-day bills with funds that donors gifted for other purposes, without the donors’ knowledge or consent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
In late 2025, campaigners brought legal action against the government and health bodies claiming the trial was unethical and that children could not give properly informed consent.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
My sophomore year I told everyone that I was a fairy and with fairy characteristics, I fluttered out of the house without parental consent.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
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By claiming that “it is unconstitutional for biological parents to transfer their parental rights,” Jay told me, Uthmeier’s argument “sweeps in” adoption consents, too.
From Slate ● May 13, 2026
In a recent update, the company has secured five transmission planning decisions since November, and will continue to focus on securing remaining consents for its projects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026
And he can remain on our soil only when the sovereign — in the U.S., that’s “We the People” — consents to it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2025
It also requires consents from the Environment Agency "for water management, excavation below the water table and similar things".
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2024
He fumbles with the lighter before it consents to spark.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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Although 88 agents consented to the forensic imaging of their personal phones, Robbins said none of those had been imaged at the time of the hearing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
When the detective asked her to take a polygraph, she consented.
From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2026
Highland Independent councillor Thomas MacLennan said the property would sit "more comfortably" in the landscape than the previously consented property.
From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2026
The child’s hospital had begun using AI to record visits—and her husband had unknowingly consented.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
He took her up to Olympus, where the gods consented to receive her as one of themselves, a mortal, indeed, but the mother of a god and therefore fit to dwell with immortals.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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He called for their release from the detention center, saying he is concerned that they will be pressured into signing documents consenting to their removal from the country.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
He suggests Washington’s funding could require state officers “to enter separate contracts with the federal government consenting to answer suits under RLUIPA.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
“If you want to run your mouth, we can be two consenting adults. We can finish it here,” the U.S. senator said during a congressional hearing.
From Slate ● Mar. 5, 2026
"Women are not consenting to this," she said.
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2026
As we were men we could not help consenting.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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Vocabulary lists containing consent
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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The Bill of Rights
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Common Senses: Sent, Sens ("Feel")
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