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The letters, which preliminary tests so far indicate do not contain a hazardous material, have been sent to both Democrat and Republican lawmakers, including California Reps.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Strater said similar ICE arrests were occurring in the Coachella Valley and in Ventura County, where a preliminary injunction is in place restricting civil arrests without a warrant.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

Judge Timothy Kelly in Washington, D.C., granted the outlets’ request for a preliminary injunction to block the administration from enforcing the ban while their litigation is ongoing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

The preliminary results suggested that exercise could lower autophagy activity in blood cells toward levels more typical of younger adults.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

I await only your preliminary public announcement of the event.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

Nine university students entered the preliminaries this year, wrestling bulls weighing hundreds of kilograms and sporting hard, stubby horns.

From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026

Renoir stopped making preparatory studies between 1865 and 1875 when, like his Impressionist colleagues Claude Monet, Alfred Sisley and Camille Pissarro, he worked directly from the motif, without preliminaries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025

After posting the top qualifying time in Friday’s preliminaries, Adams surged ahead of Madison Mosby of St. Mary’s Academy in Inglewood to win the race with a time of 53.24.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2025

As the preliminaries drew to a close, Mike’s friends gradually started coming upstairs to join him.

From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2024

In bed we went through the preliminaries, plumping our pillows, yawning.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides