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Early Monday morning, agents from Homeland Security Investigations, part of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, surrounded Omar’s home and entered the premises, then left with boxes and other items.
From Slate ● Oct. 13, 2026
At the Kirkby academy, phones are handed in on a morning and there is a clause in contracts with a maximum engine size limit for cars that are driven into academy premises.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Local law enforcement quickly showed up to tell the federal agents to leave the premises.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026
“Without remedies, this could mean fewer options for businesses that provide ATMs on commercial premises and, ultimately, higher fees for people who rely on the machines to access cash,” the regulator said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
For Aristotle, the ideal science consisted of a chain of logical deductions from incontestable premises.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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