confirm
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Police cannot yet confirm whether Lisa's death is considered murder.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
The league hasn’t announced its plans for shifting games outside of Illinois other than to confirm they aspire to do so.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Clinical trials will be necessary to confirm its effects in people, identify which patients might benefit, and determine safe and effective intake levels.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
The French industrial-gases company’s improvement in margins and amount of projects also confirm its investment case, the analyst adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
“The fact that you can hear him at all should confirm it,” Phillip said.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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“PCAC’s meeting confirms what we’ve said all along: Patients deserve a safe, regulated pathway for clinically needed therapies like these peptides through licensed compounding pharmacies. The alternative is access with no oversight at all.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Before Dodgers beat the Mariners, Andrew Friedman all but confirms the team would be in contact with the Tigers about Tarik Skubal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
If future prospective research confirms the findings, diabetes prevention may need to become more personalized.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
Israel itself is widely believed to have nuclear weapons, but it neither confirms nor denies that this is the case.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Jakob confirms my trunk is situated, and we board the overcrowded train.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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An international research team led by Hiroshima University confirmed the galactic accelerator after combining observations from three major observatories operating on Earth and in space.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 2, 2026
"Rescuers have also confirmed the presence of one additional body at a significantly higher elevation," he said in a statement.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
An Iranian diplomat confirmed Tehran had expressed openness to a proposal from mediators, though it wasn’t clear if Iran would ultimately agree to it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
The subsequent regulatory proceedings confirmed that Zeldin’s statement was false.
From Slate ● Aug. 2, 2026
Accurate down to the centimeter, the new instrument confirmed what the other measurements had said: day and night, the bulge steadily grew.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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Tenisha’s complaint also seeks a declaration confirming the validity of her premarital agreement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
However, confirming whether those planets have atmospheres has been one of the most difficult challenges in exoplanet research.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
South Kivu has now gone 49 consecutive days without confirming a new Ebola case, exceeding the disease’s maximum 42-day incubation period, the U.N. said this week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
"The biggest worry was that they were going to suffocate in the smoke, but the smoke did carry over them," he said, confirming the animals had survived.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Then it was comforting to feel she was confirming what they already knew.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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