reference

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Still, the reference to 1930s-era Chicago law enforcement was apt, because it was an era of police lawlessness, where unconstitutional practices like the third-degree were justified as necessary to stopping organized crime.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

No. 8 at Riviera is called the “Lido” hole in reference to the split-fairway design inspired by the famous Lido course on Long Island, N.Y.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

These findings enabled the team to establish biological reference signatures in mice and then search for matching patterns in human brain scans.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

But, according to the Met Office, the higher than average temperatures forecast comes as having a hotter summer is now twice as likely than the reference averaging period of 1991-2020, consistent with our warming climate.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

But for the most part the new scientists avoided the word ‘evidence’ because it inevitably carried with it an implicit reference to the law courts—a reference that Sprat was willing to make explicit.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton