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These characters know that the mandate is awful, but they’ve found screwed-up ways to live with it.

From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026

Julie Masino took on the role of chief executive in 2023 with a mandate for change, giving herself three years to guide Cracker Barrel’s turnaround.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

The bill does not mandate the Angels — playing under a Los Angeles name in Anaheim’s city-owned stadium — revert to the Anaheim Angels name.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

The case has caused consternation in one of Africa's most robust democracies, with fears the country's military is significantly overreaching its mandate.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

In reality, I was much more aware of places that were off- limits by Daddy’s orders than by state mandate.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry

Return-to-office mandates also have hiring managers more focused on candidates’ personalities.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

But Florida lawmakers haven’t gone along, and the mandates are still in place.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Standard procedure mandates that anyone suspected of smoke inhalation receives a bronchoscopic examination of their airways.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

“The FAA Airworthiness Directive published today mandates the inspections, as it did for the 737 Next Generation,” the person said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Referring to them as sacred might feel uncomfortable, because the First Amendment of the Constitution tells us that this nation legally mandates separation of church and state.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

She often recommends her clients struggling with their cash flow to set a daily spending limit, which of course they’re not mandated to follow.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Sharp sentenced Young to life without the possibility of parole, as the law mandated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

Lawmakers were denied entry when they tried to perform their mandated oversight duties at immigrant detention facilities.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

Fifa has mandated three weeks off for players during the off-season, meaning the aforementioned City players will not be on the plane for the club's pre-season trip to the Far East unless joining later on.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

The medical discoveries made by such brilliant scientists as Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch led to procedures such as vaccination and measures such as quarantines that, when mandated by the government, saved millions of lives.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

Last month, Bass issued orders mandating Lineage remove all food waste within 45 days and mobilizing resources to assist the community.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

The confusion that ensued became a "catalyst" for modern regulations mandating better flotation equipment on planes and preflight briefings on how to use it, aviation safety expert John Cox told AP.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

One point of mandating U.S. stock-market exposure with the funds is to give future generations buy-ins on America’s economy.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026

Just last week, President Donald Trump signed two executive orders fast-tracking quantum systems, mandating a research-ready quantum computer by 2028 and a government-wide migration to post-quantum cryptography by 2031.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

That research, and other investigations like it, led to changes in air traffic regulations, mandating minimum distances between flight paths so as to prevent that kind of wake turbulence accident.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly