settled

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The family’s companies have settled many accusations of environmental violations by agreeing to pay fines and invest in better pollution prevention without admitting or denying culpability.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

His final choice: My son settled on a practical, no-frills student card with a $3,000 spending limit and an APR that ranged from 18.49% to 28.49%, depending on his creditworthiness.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Como took a look and quickly loaned him to the Netherlands and then to Saudi Arabia, where he seems to have settled with Al-Najma.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

In messages on Aug. 10, the two settled on a reference to private “hangar meetings” that Walker would slip into her message to Gates, specifically because, as Epstein put it, “he won’t forward that.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

His gaze settled on the forest’s edge, where the mossy earth was covered in a carpet of brittle leaves.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman