settle
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"The truth matters to me more than anything and told y'all I will not settle and will continue to fight every vicious claim that has been made against me and my businesses," she added.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
One major item is Senate Bill 193, a last-minute effort to settle how California spends its Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund under the state’s recently renewed cap-and-invest program.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
In September 2025, Amazon agreed to pay $2.5 billion to settle allegations that it used deceptive practices to enroll consumers in Amazon Prime and made it difficult to cancel subscriptions.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
The company also agreed to pay $2.5 billion to settle FTC allegations that it tricked customers into signing up for its Prime service and made it hard to cancel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
And I left that soap on all night, too, so its dirt-and disease-killing properties had time to really settle in.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
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Honeywell Aerospace settles cyber whistleblower case; CrowdStrike helps law enforcement take down botnet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
“This settles the fact that we were never out to get De Niro,” town board member Warren Wiegland told the outlet in 2014.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
This week: Meta settles with the U.S. states suing the company over teen safety concerns.
From Slate ● Aug. 29, 2026
As the dust settles in this tit-for-tat tariff row, what will be affected most on both sides of the border?
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
The woman settles back down on the sofa.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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As twilight settled on a hillside by the river near the eastern Ukrainian front, two soldiers exchanged wedding vows during a Slavic ritual honouring ancestors and fallen warriors.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
A final regulation would come only after the agency proposed a rule, received public comments, considered them, and settled on a final policy.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026
Amazon settled the case for $2.5bn, including civil penalties and consumer refunds.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Congress settled that conflict decades ago by law, guaranteeing the paper’s editorial independence.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
Once I’ve found one, and settled in next to the window, the porter approaches and extends his white-gloved hand.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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They looked at four units in central Connecticut, and ended up settling on one that was close to work, which was a priority for him.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
As crystals develop, their ions need enough freedom to rearrange before settling into their final positions.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
Roman’s expansive surveys will help scientists look at dark energy’s evolution with even more clarity, hopefully settling whether or not it’s constant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
You could argue that settling protects its core business - social networks are still the way in which it makes most of its money.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
“Upon my word, here’s a state of things!” cried the old lady, taking the seat of honor prepared for her, and settling the folds of her lavender moire with a great rustle.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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