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Prisoners released on licence, he said, would be subject to "very significant controls on their lives" and victims would be consulted.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
During its long history, the Jacobian conjecture has been the subject of many claimed proofs, including by Beniamino Segre and Wolfgang Gröbner, two famed 20th-century mathematicians.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
The company is itself the subject of an acquisition effort by GameStop and its chief executive, Ryan Cohen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
During the 2021 season, NFL players who had not received a COVID-19 vaccination were subject to daily tests for the virus and restrictions, such as wearing masks inside team facilities and practicing social distancing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
If there was one subject which engaged her energies even more completely than modern clothing it was spoiled food.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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But while the subjects of pleasure and open-mindedness captivate her, on screen Anderson is not letting the industry pigeonhole her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
But one of the main fascinations of Mr. Goode’s quasi-period piece is the ingenious ways his subjects found to circumvent the law, rationalize their crimes and destroy that which they claimed to love.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
International humanitarian law protects the ex-guerrillas as "subjects in a state of defenselessness," Novoa said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 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
It was one of his better subjects at Arbel Academy, and he was very proud of it.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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A team at law firm Leigh Day is now investigating potential legal claims on behalf of 50 families who believe their children may have been subjected to excessive or inappropriate disciplinary measures while at school.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 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
Petro was subjected to US sanctions at one point, but the pair have mended their relationship in recent months.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
We have seen certain species frozen in solid blocks of ice, and yet regain their activity when subjected to the influences of warmth.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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It would also make it an offence to remove a person from Northern Ireland for the purposes of subjecting them to conversion practices.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
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
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
Where pseudosciences fail is in not subjecting their conclusions to a test, in not linking them in a coherent way to other statements which have withstood scrutiny.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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