ratify

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The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will meet Wednesday morning to ratify a local emergency proclamation, allowing the county to seek reimbursement for storm damage and speed up recovery efforts.

From Los Angeles Times

The offensive started a few days before Kagame and Tshisekedi flew to Washington to ratify the agreement first hammered out in June.

From BBC

Yet ratifying the agreement has proven difficult because roughly half of the guides don’t want to unionize.

From Los Angeles Times

Meanwhile England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland's joint bid to host the 2035 Women's World Cup stands unopposed and is expected to be ratified by a vote in a Fifa congress in 2026.

From BBC

For example, the two countries ratified a joint declaration on civil nuclear energy and signed an agreement providing Saudi Arabia access to advanced American-made AI systems, according to Washington.

From Barron's