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The speech, press, and assembly protections of the First Amendment are central pillars of our constitutional order.
From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026
But Ramsdale quickly fell behind Raya in the pecking order in 2023-24 and lost his starting berth after just four league games.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
On that point, Gov. Josh Shapiro signed an executive order last month banning nondisclosure agreements between local governments and data-center companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
And in four of those pitching starts, he was not in the batting order, in an early effort to manage his workload.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
At noon, eight drivers left Kaltag in staggered order.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
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They’ve researched history and the law, war-gamed what-ifs, divvied up responsibilities and drafted emergency lawsuits and temporary restraining orders so they can be hurried into court at a moment’s notice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
The company said it had 1,500 orders, many of which were from airlines.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
They were readmitted on Thursday on the orders of a US judge.
From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026
U.S. economic data due Friday include durable goods orders for August, released at 8:30 a.m., and the University of Michigan final consumer survey for September, published at 10 a.m.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
Battlefield commanders depended on telephones to gather information and issue orders, yet telephone cables were easily broken during combat.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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Several people have told the BBC they were woken by police in the early hours of Sunday and ordered to leave.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
“Exactly what their roles will be and how things will be ordered, I don’t know right now.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
Much of the remaining $1 billion had been ordered as restitution, meant to repay victims’ losses.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
In March, a jury in New Mexico ordered the Facebook and Instagram owner to pay $375 million after finding it had misled the public about the safety of its platforms for children.
From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026
When it was standing fully upright on its flat base, the men were ordered to stop pulling on the ropes.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
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On Thursday, Mayor Karen Bass announced that she was ordering an outside review of the Los Angeles Police Department’s policies and training for handling such emergencies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
He believes "perhaps the real craving was not always for the food, but for the ritual of ordering it".
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Over the summer, the restaurant industry also contended with a cyclospora outbreak that made more consumers squeamish about ordering things like salads.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
Net-a-Porter is introducing a live-map tracking system that lets customers see the location of their parcels, similar to ordering an Uber.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
He envisioned families of the future gathered around their mammoth terminals, ordering groceries and paying their taxes from the comfort of their own homes.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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