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It’s the one element of the play that escapes Dürrenmatt’s strict literary control.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

The weekly snack rotation, in which one parent supplied snacks for the entire 20-student class, came with its own strict rules: sprouted-grain bread only, nothing processed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

However, she said that process should be "bespoke" and based on strict criteria.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

Minors aged 13 and 14 will have to ask their parents to set up "introductory" accounts on social media, AI or gaming platforms, with limited features and strict screen time use.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

Those strict parents of mine would never allow me to accept dinner invitations.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn

In March of this year, Fannie and Freddie announced new, stricter condo-financing standards that will require more scrutiny of a building’s finances.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

Over the weekend, numerous tech CEOs shared warnings of artificial intelligence becoming an existential risk to humanity, which has garnered calls for stricter regulation of the tech industry.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

“The sharpest anger doesn’t really stem from stricter rules necessarily. It’s coming from a breakdown in transparency,” said Taylor Cunningham, a senior director at Trustpilot.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

But it is also because aircraft are held to stricter safety standards than cars, creating a much higher bar for deployment.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

The regime had become stricter and more sophisticated.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Perhaps the biggest came in Oregon, which enacted the nation’s strictest curbs on private equity’s control over medical practices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

They also contended it included the nation’s strictest data privacy protections and noted how participation would be voluntary, similar to how it is offered in other states.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

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

Social Security has one of the strictest measures of disability.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

I thought we had the strictest father in town.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry