rule
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A new federal rule finalized in March 2026 increased the amount of renewable fuel that refiners and importers must incorporate into the nation’s transportation-fuel supply.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
The proposed rule change led to a groundswell of opposition from some firefighters, who travelled to the state capital to testify about how it has improved their health.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Part of a generation that came of age after Hong Kong's 1997 return to Chinese rule, she attended the vigils from childhood and joined the Alliance in 2010 as a volunteer.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Healey refused to rule out tax rises ahead of the autumn budget.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
“But it’s the teachers’ room,” Imogene said, looking shocked, as if she had this rule burned into her brain.
From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson
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Burnham is now likely to come under increasing pressure to further change the rules on party donations.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
“A lot of these conservative women, they live in a box with so many rules, and ‘you’re supposed to be this way as a woman,’” Suwinyattichaiporn said.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
Some people believe if the transfer happened at least seven years prior the assessment, it will not be counted, but that is a myth linked to the rules on inheritance tax.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
The lack of clear rules and norms is breeding distrust among co-workers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
To add a dog to a team anywhere on the trail was against the rules.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
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But in 2021 the Brazilian Supreme Court ruled he had been tried in the wrong jurisdiction and vacated the guilty verdict.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
A Ventura County Superior Court judge ruled for the city, but the citizens’ group appealed the decision.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
That nickname comes from Mobutu Sese Seko, the dictator who ruled the Democratic Republic of Congo - formerly Zaire - for three decades.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
In February 2026, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against his estate.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
The new monarch’s name was Henry VIII, and he was the latest in a line of kings and queens from the House of Tudor who ruled England from 1485 to 1603.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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The legal battle ended earlier this year when an appeals court issued a final ruling in favor of the city.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
It was a reference to Benn's two positive tests for clomifene in 2022 and the WBC's subsequent ruling that elevated consumption of eggs could provide a reasonable explanation.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
North Korea tightly controls information about its leadership and ruling family, leaving even basic details about Kim Jong Un's children difficult to verify.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
The top producer, Freeport-McMoRan, which is developing more projects as copper demand soars, warned in 2022, before the Supreme Court ruling, against applying federal regulations to “arid ephemeral drainages.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
The investiture and subsequent celebrations went on for almost a month, after which the young eighty-second Lord of Stormhold got on with the business of ruling.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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