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Saudi national Abdulrahman Alfozan pleaded not guilty to a federal charge of intercepting oral communications at OpenAI’s office.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Iron deficiency is commonly treated with oral iron.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
According to the musician’s complaint, Wonder and Efferson reached an oral agreement in 1988 that she can occupy the property without paying monthly rent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
Paramount, an online privacy case the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for last week.
From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2026
From the 1890s onwards, Edison’s wax- cylinder recording devices were being used all over the world, capturing for ever the oral and musical culture of communities now long disappeared.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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Some schools had, however, considered holding orals and practical assessments remotely if possible.
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2020
"It was a nice novel about a graduate student taking his orals to get his teaching credentials," he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2015
“Historically, Liverpool has been a blue-collar port city,” added Mr. Lee, 24, as thoughtful as if he were delivering his orals at graduate school.
From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2014
If a student does poorly, the orals can be repeated.
From New York Times ● Aug. 27, 2012
The delegates “practically lived together,” Bacher recalled, cramming on the technical aspects of test monitoring like grad students preparing for their orals.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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