require
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Less acute cases require months of arm rest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
The proposal, which would require congressional approval, could cost more than $1 trillion.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
"In England, they account for just 0.2% of non-household water usage, and many newer data centres use advanced cooling systems that require very little fresh water," they said.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
The extra compensation, or spread, investors require to offset rising risks have moved up accordingly.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026
The evidence here does not require inspired conjecture or nuanced analysis.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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On top of that, if the original owner had started taking the required minimum distributions, the IRS also requires annual distributions in years one through nine, not just a single withdrawal in year 10.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
“I do think it requires more thorough public scrutiny. ... You just don’t know what you don’t know.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
That test still requires further validation before it could be used clinically.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
Munich has banned broadcasting live streams from the festival and requires anyone who wants to film there to hold a permit, which is issued by the city for a fee.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Sexual reproduction demands the collapse of an organism into a single cell, but then requires that single cell to expand back into an organism.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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“No action was required on my behalf,” said Swanson.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
Then, we watched a four-minute, 39-second video explaining how to file the required notice of intent.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
A report published by the Ministry of Defence says the debris was responsible for causing fuel starvation, "leading to a loss of thrust required to maintain powered flight".
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Opinion polls show neither candidate is likely to reach more than the 50 percent threshold required to win in the first round on Sunday, putting them neck-and-neck in an October 25 runoff.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
It required nothing less than tearing up all the rules of perspective.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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Tennessee is one of 17 states with laws requiring doctors to play some role in the execution process.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
The Scottish government said they should be seen as a "positive thing" which would make it easier for farmers to get uninfected animals to market without requiring an individual licence.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Investigators should pursue witnesses, physical and digital evidence, and the accounts and actions of alleged perpetrators rather than repeatedly requiring a survivor to recount a traumatic event unnecessarily.
From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026
But in the future, satellites will carry dozens of TPUs at a time, requiring solar panels and radiators orders of magnitude larger than the chips themselves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
To protect our nation’s secrets, President Truman had issued an order requiring that all government employees be tested to ensure they were loyal to the United States.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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