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The suspects, who were both held on suspicion of assisting a foreign intelligence service, have been released on bail under strict conditions until late October, the Met said.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
"All German exports of military technology and equipment to Israel -- as to any country -- are subject to strict licensing requirements which exceed international requirements," she said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
Sheer Health’s team let me know that it helps with claims like mine frequently since physical- and occupational-therapy claims are the most commonly denied, thanks to timed treatment units and strict medical-necessity guidelines.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
The rebels impose their own Ebola-prevention measures, including strict enforcement of safe burial practices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
They were still in formation, looking strict and tall and mean in their crisp, dark uniforms.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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Signs of stricter oversight come in the wake of the market frenzy sparked by the recent IPO of Unitree, one of the country’s leading humanoid-robot makers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
The water limits get stricter each year until 2040 in many areas, and farmers face fines if they exceed them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Brazil is demanding that Discord implement stricter parental controls, cooperate more closely with the authorities and implement systems capable of detecting and preventing situations that put minors at risk.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Those limits include a stricter process to verify a user’s age that requires Meta to meet a certain threshold of accuracy, and a two-hour daily limit on its platforms if a user is under 18.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026
They use a variety of methods, often simultaneously: protection of habitat, replanting of habitat, stricter laws to prevent poaching, community awareness—and reintroducing animals back into the wild.
From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh
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Prime Minister Sharif called for an investigation and said that the "strictest possible action" should be taken against those found to be responsible.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Graduate students in particular are facing the strictest limits on federal student loans in decades.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
This would require the strictest inspections, which again raises the leverage question.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026
The disciplinary files of Los Angeles police officers are closely guarded secrets, protected by some of the nation’s strictest confidentiality laws.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
Sovoy wasn’t fashionably dressed in the strictest sense, as he clung to the Modegan styles rather than the local ones.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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