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According to Tasnim, "Iran has insisted that any initial understanding must be conditional on at least partial access to the assets."
From Barron's • May 24, 2026
“This scenario could continue to play out in the coming weeks until some framework of a deal is achieved that could, at least, provide for a partial reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
In 1959, there was a partial meltdown of the core in one of the lab’s nuclear reactors that is considered among the worst nuclear accidents in U.S. history.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
The review also notes that "staff had a poor or partial understanding of the whole picture".
From BBC • May 20, 2026
And as it had been right through, for Barack the vacation was only a partial vacation—a just-barely vacation, really.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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