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Instead they released a statement saying the "Premier League process remains ongoing with significant elements to be completed, and subject to strict confidentiality".
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
Meyer said he would like to have a conversation with Trump about the reality of the situation, saying that as a "born Afrikaner", he has the "legitimacy" to speak about the subject.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
I was warned several times to give him lots of room on that subject and, “You’ll get your chance to run it when he’s gone.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
The surrounding development, which broke ground in 1964, includes about 2,200 homes and lots on roughly 7,000 acres, all subject to strict design standards enforced by the Sea Ranch Assn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
It’s bad enough having the whole class laugh at you, never mind being the subject of the teachers’ break-time gossip in the staffroom, too.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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She does deep dives on technology, politics, antitrust and other subjects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
In the end, the subjects of both books remain alluringly enigmatic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Since the law’s voter-approved repeal, students receiving bilingual instruction have demonstrated higher academic achievement across subjects and higher rates of English proficiency compared with students who received instruction in English only, Garcia Bedolla said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
The new subjects could include building and construction, business management and finance, and child development.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
He was also a major literary figure of the Restoration period, writing on many subjects, including works of fiction.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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Newark was subjected to a series of significant disruptions last year and more earlier this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
For the rest of the convention, he was subjected to Trump’s regular insults about how he dresses poorly and looks bad.
From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2026
But more than 700 members of the film industry signed a petition in support of the filmmakers, saying they were being subjected to a "campaign of incitement and vilification".
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
But it’s going to take a while for the rest of us to fully grasp the heinousness of the duplicity to which we were unwittingly subjected throughout many stages of our lives.
From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2018
“I suppose you’ve never been subjected to someone’s parents on the first date before,” Maxine says once they are alone, sipping milky cups of Lapsang Souchong from heavy white mugs.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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It was an eye-catching conjecture: one of the most revered of the Founding Fathers subjecting people held against their will to possibly painful shocks.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
Under the new regime, visa holders who need more time will have to file formal applications with the federal government, subjecting themselves to additional background checks, biometric vetting, and other bureaucratic hurdles.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
If USC had maintained its traditional rivalry scheduling with Notre Dame this season, they would have sold out the Coliseum on Thanksgiving Saturday instead of subjecting a sparse August crowd to possible heatstroke.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
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
By subjecting it to the economist’s favorite trick: regression analysis.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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