separation
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Santa Fe Springs confirmed Medina’s employment but said it could not comment on the circumstances surrounding an employee’s separation from the city.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The fund never hired counsel to explore a separation, according to Jay Eastman, who was the fund’s chair until he was fired in May.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
President Emmanuel Macron met Pope Leo on Friday, but did not attend Saturday's events, largely to avoid appearing to breach France's strict rules on the separation of Church and state.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
According to Prof. André de Villiers, Muller's study leader and main author on the paper, the separation achieved using the technique was key to spotting the rare compounds.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
Their separation was a void he struggled with through his adolescence and into adulthood.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
My children’s faces, whenever they asked if the sailors were OK, made me wonder how reassured those stories really made them feel during prolonged separations.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
The company later described him as “a key architect of one of the largest and most complex corporate separations in business history.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
And just a few weeks ago, civil rights lawyers joined with parents’ and children’s advocates to bring landmark class-action litigation to end illegal family separations.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
The membranes could also benefit pharmaceutical production, where highly accurate separations are critical for product quality and manufacturing efficiency.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 12, 2026
Moving between Washington and Montpelier meant frequent separations from Fanny and their children: Felix, William, Frances, John, and Franklin.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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