sanctioned
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The 29-year-old American will now return in a professionally sanctioned eight-round cruiserweight bout with the fighters using 10oz gloves.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
Patriot High, with about 2,400 students, launched its flag football team in 2024, the same year the CIF sanctioned the sport.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026
The U.S. sanctioned 10 individuals and one entity for their alleged role in North Korean efforts to place fraudulent remote information technology workers at U.S. companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Australia said on Friday it had sanctioned two North Korean individuals and companies over the use of "fraudulent" IT workers and cybercrime to earn cash for the isolated nuclear-armed state.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
Everything Mark had witnessed in the last week had been sanctioned by the acting government of the flare-inflicted world.
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
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