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"Under the settlement, TikTok will pay $300 million immediately and an additional $100 million upon entry of an order vacating a prior consent decree entered against TikTok's predecessor, Musical.ly," the department said in a statement.

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

Both boys were from Jehovah's Witness families, who follow strict Biblical rules, and they refused consent to blood transfusions.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

And it requires the consent of Congress to do so, and it’s introduced at the Constitutional Convention by Charles Pinckney of South Carolina.

From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026

“I did not ask or authorize my mother to give such consent on my behalf, and I do not recall signing or being asked to sign any document giving that consent.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

Respect earned by integrity cannot be lost without your consent.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

These consents, after all, are legal agreements that terminate a biological parent’s legal claim to a child and vest those rights in non-biological parents.

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

"Technology has made it possible for them to be created by anyone, anywhere, at anytime, regardless of whether she consents," she added.

From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2024

He consents without a murmur, all join in a joyful chorus, and the curtain falls upon the lovers kneeling to receive Don Pedro’s blessing in attitudes of the most romantic grace.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

When the detective asked her to take a polygraph, she consented.

From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2026

He said this direction was with the consent of the government, which also now consented to giving her the documents back.

From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2026

Gaytan claimed he took no part in the robbery, but after he consented to a search of his phone, Simonyan said she found text messages sent to one of the alleged gunmen, Eduardo “Active” Lopez.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2025

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

When a group of Europeans offered to overthrow the demon in exchange for a claim to the lands it haunted, the incredulous local leaders consented.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

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 a journalist wants an on-the-record interview with someone in Objection’s orbit, they are asked to sign an agreement consenting in advance to the tribunal’s jurisdiction.

From Salon ● Apr. 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

It would later emerge in evidence that investigating Warwickshire officers had agreed with him that they could hear her "laughing and consenting".

From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2026

Now, being a man, I could not help consenting.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer