objection
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Haredim have adopted a form of religious conscientious objection to serving in the military, and most Haredi families are dependent, at least to a degree, on government welfare.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
The price of that brick has gone up a lot in recent years, and just this year, it more than doubled, from $4.95 to $10, over the loud objection of Equifax.
From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2026
The plans had received an objection from Ilkley Town Council, who recommended it be refused as it would be a "visual anomaly to the moorland".
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
One key objection was the mature tone of the narrative, in which the child protagonist is directly confronted and endangered by the evils derived from fascist ideologies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
The trees wave their branches in the breeze, and a huge gray bird circles, calling out his objection to our presence.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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They’ll probably also have objections to the company’s aggressive lobbying efforts, Fedasiuk said.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026
On 29 October, the government told the court it would take no action against the mosque for four weeks while considering the board's objections.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
But this could face objections from China, which dissented against wording on free navigation in Hormuz and worldwide at an earlier gathering of finance ministers.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
Personally identifiable information is supposed to get censored, but the bidding war has generated legal objections from pilots’ and flight attendants’ unions, per bankruptcy newsletter Petition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
More puzzling, at least to present-day eyes, were the equally vehement objections voiced by professional archaeologists and anthropologists, especially those at the Smithsonian Institution, which had established a Bureau of American Ethnology in 1879.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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