object
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Beatty was prompted to take on the Kennedy Center fight after she said the host muted her when she tried to object during the board’s first vote to rename the center in December.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
By combining the observations and tracking how the object moved over time, the team determined that it behaved much more like a planet orbiting the star than an imaging artifact or a distant background star.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
The inquest in Crook heard the building's owner, Peter Moody, was pulling up floorboards in the second floor living room when he saw an object wrapped in old brown paper.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Some may object that the court has lately made itself the indispensable man.
From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026
He shows me a long metal pole with a grabby claw-thing on the end, a strange little object that looks like a compass, and a handful of plastic bags.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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The section “Skeletal Embodiment,” in which all the featured garments and objects are shades of bleached bone, blanched coral and fossil gray, is simultaneously prehistoric and futuristic—a realm of deep time in both directions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
The release includes incidents dating back to 1952, including footage filmed near Tremonton, Utah, by US Navy Chief Warrant Officer Delbert C. Newhouse, who reported seeing and filming a group of bright airborne objects.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
For ordinary matter, objects at the same location in a gravitational field fall at the same rate.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
Because light moves at a finite speed, observing very distant objects also means looking into the past.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
During the expedition, many more stunning objects of ancient Greek art were discovered.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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Citadel Securities has objected to the SEC using innovation exemptions, arguing the agency should use a notice-and-comment process instead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
A CNN spokesperson also objected to the "unauthorized" use of the network's branding, saying the videos "are not CNN content and have no affiliation with CNN."
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
The BBC can reveal that those staff objected to a line in the report concluding that he was "an unlikely candidate for clandestine involvement with Islamist extremists".
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
“I objected in the strongest possible terms and fought it as hard as I could. It wasn’t enough.”
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
“Pranks are supposed to be funny,” Katherine objected.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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Daniels has been criticized on social media for objecting to Pickett wearing No. 5, primarily because Burrows led LSU to a national title while Daniels did not.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
While objecting to the subpoenas in court, the company simultaneously convinced the DOJ to drop the case, he said.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026
Environmentalists had opposed the relief road - objecting to the impact on nature sites along the Gwent Levels.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
In dissent, Judge Allison Eid wrote that Project Soy didn’t lack economic substance, partly because the government was just objecting to the timing of the transaction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
“I don’t notice you objecting to riding your gelding,” said his father.
From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks
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