receiving

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State media images showed Xi and Kim beaming as they shook each other's hand, with the Chinese leader receiving a lavish welcome ceremony with a red-carpet military salute and cheering crowds.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Patients who received finerenone in addition to standard treatment experienced a significantly slower decline in kidney function compared with those receiving standard care alone.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

Years after 1929’s Great Crash, he told a story about receiving stock-market advice from his shoeshine boy, realizing it was time to get out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

This means their citizens are barred from receiving the type of visitor visa that US authorities recommend for fans.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

Franklin’s endorsement of the petition from the Pennsylvania Abolition Society effectively assured that the preferred Madisonian strategy—calmly receiving these requests, then banishing them to the congressional version of oblivion—was not going to work.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis