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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said talks were in their final stages but the reopening of the strait remained "subject to other conditions".
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Sullivan had already been the subject of intense fan abuse for his running of the club, who were relegated to the Championship last season for the first time since 2011.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
If you don’t know a woman, her body is not your subject.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
The amendment reads in part, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
I asked, eager to start a new subject.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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International humanitarian law protects the ex-guerrillas as "subjects in a state of defenselessness," Novoa said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
Mr. Djokovic is one of the book’s more revealing subjects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
She tells the paper schools have been in a "straitjacket" of prioritising academic subjects, leading to many young people being "left behind", with a million currently not in training or work.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
A former straight-A student who had dropped out of high school, he had embarked on a program of self-education, reading deeply in African American history, Greek philosophy, finance and other subjects.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
When danger suddenly approached, he needed only to protect himself from a few of his subjects, but if he had had the common people hostile, this would not have been sufficient.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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They expressed similar views but weren't targeted over their sexuality or subjected to insults about their mothers.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
“We were surprised and disappointed that our entire band was detained by the police, isolated and separately questioned – with some members subjected to hotel room searches and temporary passport confiscation,” it read.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
Other claims involve U.S. citizens and legal residents who say they were wrongfully detained or subjected to aggressive enforcement actions despite having legal status.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
The Saint Simeon monastery itself was subjected to "looting, illegal excavation, military use and neglect", according to site director Abdel Jalil Arabi.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
As was customary, high priests subjected this choice to a divination.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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Pyongyang withdrew from the Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1993 and has since conducted six nuclear tests, subjecting it to multiple United Nations resolutions, and is believed to possess dozens of nuclear warheads.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
Those doubling down, however, are subjecting themselves to public wrath.
From Slate ● Jun. 1, 2026
And anything was better than subjecting yourself to the shuttle, he joked.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
The plaintiff and the law firm are hit with a higher tax bill as a result of tax-code provisions subjecting recoveries to ordinary income-tax rates, which top out at 37%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
“Now if there were a cure,” Tam says, still pretty much shouting, “d’ye honestly think I’d be subjecting ye to all this here rubbish a-floating outta my brain?”
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
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