declare
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No pamphlet did more to convince Americans to declare their separation from Britain, but it seems to have left Willing cold.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Environmental bodies in each UK nation decide whether to declare drought or water scarcity based on an assessment of current water levels and long-term weather forecasts.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
The fire burned for more than 50 days, prompting Gov. Gavin Newsom to declare a state of emergency in Placer and El Dorado counties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
When you file for personal bankruptcy, you work with federal courts to declare hardship in paying your debts, which results in the creation of a formal repayment plan or a dismissal of your debt.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
Adams suspected that Hamilton, whom he had formerly distrusted and now utterly loathed, saw himself as an American Napoleon, poised to declare martial law and present himself as the available savior.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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In its focus track, “Me Vale V,” the singer firmly declares he is manifesting his dreams and not paying anyone else mind.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
As one battered, traumatized survivor declares at the battle’s conclusion, “If this be victory, I hope I never see another.”
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026
The framework’s first paragraph declares “the immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon.”
From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2026
"Congress alone declares war, that's something certainly we need to be protective of," Barrett, a Republican from Michigan, said.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
She peers down at the open page and declares, “Perfection.”
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
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This is the same man who declared in 2019 that he doesn’t wash his hands because “germs are not a real thing.”
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
When authorities reached her, they performed “lifesaving measures,” but despite their efforts, Fanuele was declared deceased at the scene, the Sheriff’s Department said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Ahead of the tournament, Nike declared soccer a priority, launching a star-studded World Cup campaign featuring the likes of LeBron James, Kim Kardashian, Channing Tatum and its cast of soccer stars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
"Not only has Glasgow and her citizens completely embraced the Games, but we have demonstrated our credentials as a world-class city," he declared.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
“Good! So let’s get climbing!” declared Magic happily, as if her last outburst hadn’t even happened.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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For two years, after losing a landmark defamation case filed by the Sandy Hook families and declaring bankruptcy, Jones has been battling the satirical news site the Onion for control of his website Infowars.
From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2026
In May, AT&T filed a federal lawsuit against California’s Public Utilities Commission and the state attorney general’s office, requesting a court order declaring the state cannot stop AT&T from cutting landlines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
First, it’s crucial to understand which types of debt are unlikely to be wiped away by declaring bankruptcy.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
In May, Parliament's standards commissioner, Daniel Greenberg, opened an investigation into whether Farage broke Commons rules by not declaring the £5m from Harborne.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
She cited the words of Martin Luther King, declaring that his legacy and the nation’s commitment to justice had been “disserved by today’s decision.”
From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman
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