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Those statements echoed the testimony of a farmer who had claimed years earlier that on an evening in April 2004, he had encountered a man driving a sedan with German licence plates.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

It was 8:30 a.m., and most of the ship’s 4,000 passengers were still snoozing or filling their plates at the breakfast buffet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

A leaked memo seen by the Herald newspaper suggested that the plans could include compulsory "P" plates and tougher drink‑drive rules for new drivers.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

“The officers told me that I risk being stopped again until I register the license plates in my own name,” Garcia Venegas said in a recent filing in his lawsuit.

From Salon • May 24, 2026

But now these, too, had grown up and married or gone off to work, and so I laid three plates on the table.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom