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She said that during police interviews McDevitt "had provided repeated and detailed false accounts without any pressure being applied on him of his own accord".
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Caracas has projected earnings of $209 billion over 25 years from the accord.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Paramount has said it will be prepared to move its operations to Tennessee in October if it cannot reach an accord with the suing states.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
In his campaign for the top Fed job, Warsh said he was open to a rewrite of the accord, but he hasn’t given any specifics.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
The neat divisions between Whigs and Tories did not accord with the Adams sense of the political landscape during the 1770s.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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Sudan, Morocco and Kazakhstan have since also signed the accords.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
These accords involve Arab or Muslim countries normalizing relations with Israel.
From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2026
"It seems to me highly unlikely in the near term you're going to see any broadening of these accords," he said.
From Barron's ● May 25, 2026
Each turnover being a rare event, most every fresh host has been greeted with a chorus of “Who? What? Why?” before time accords the newcomer a patina of inevitability.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
My emotional life accords with the designs, too.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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This column has long maintained that a major operation to wrest control of the Persian Gulf would be recommitting to a strategic past that accorded excessive primacy to the Gulf and its oil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
In the 2000s, derivatives created from subprime mortgages were accorded top credit ratings; now, the so-called illiquidity premium on portfolios of loans to small and midsize private companies is considered their secret sauce.
From Barron's ● Mar. 27, 2026
Mr Cheetham said the policy also "accorded with relevant legislation and guidance at the time".
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2025
Fans — many? most? all? — saw these arrests as special bad treatment accorded to a famous person, but, says Reubens, “30 years later, I still feel the effects all the time.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025
The boy was doing a man’s work; he was due the dignity accorded to a man.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
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The number of people suffering wildfire-related respiratory illnesses had more than doubled to 113,336 by 9 September, up from 50,891 on 1 September, according to figures from the health ministry.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
The result came ahead of analysts’ views of 279 million pounds, according to estimates provided by the company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Gen. William Tong — who had signed on to the lawsuit — had said they needed more concessions, according to three knowledgeable sources close to the negotiations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
The downgrade to the UK's economic growth outlook is moderate, according to the OECD, which predicted it will grow by 1% in 2027, against an earlier forecast of 1.1%.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
There’s a clothing shop that, according to its colorful sign, sells “knickknacks and accessories.”
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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