permitted
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However, due to residents' protests, which were not sanctioned, the 35 Orangemen permitted to march were unable to do so.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
A lawyer for the residents' group claimed the commission's decision was flawed over how it weighed up the potential for disorder if the parade was permitted.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Used as an estimation of casualties — just put a number in front, “20 NAZA”— it suggests a battle calculation that has permitted the detachment of moral consquences.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
But why is white the only color she is permitted to see?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Her lips widened into a skeletal smile as she said to me, "You, Sikander, have broken the most sacred law of Kurnugi. The living are not permitted in the netherworld."
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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