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About 1.3% has been distributed so far, with further tranches subject to the trustees’ discretion, he notes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
The policy also states that “ownership and club or league management have traditionally been held to a higher standard and will be subject to more significant discipline” if a violation has taken place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Warsh’s speech, which is expected to hit this year’s theme of financial innovation, might leave the subject of the Treasury’s recent intervention untouched.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
The deal remains subject to personal terms being agreed, but negotiations are at an advanced stage, with Jackson expected to reunite with Unai Emery having played under the Villa boss at Spanish club Villarreal.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
It becomes the subject of gossip and soon attracts the attention of the media, after which it escalates into a crisis of vast and humiliating proportions.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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The Tennessee native rarely injected venom into her voice, even when singing about difficult subjects — but she does it here.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
The professor spends "a lot of time" in her class exploring Parton's politics - or "Dollitics", a phrase coined by the singer's nephew to describe her way of handling thorny subjects.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
To identify these changes, researchers studied nearly half a million brain cells collected from people with depression and control subjects shortly after each donor's death.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 2026
They ordered dozens, even hundreds of books at a time, on completely unrelated subjects, and routed them through logistics warehouses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
They offer advice on subjects ranging from relationships and finance to travel and shoes.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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The IRS could also maintain a database of individuals convicted or subjected to sanctions for their activity in the nonprofit sector and have nonprofits affirm that they don’t employ anyone on the list.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
“Many people feel like they’ve been subjected to a bait-and-switch in supplemental benefits,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
In both environments, diamond is subjected to immense pressure.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
Lord Woolley said issues of plagiarism were constant in academia and that a number of individuals, who had been accused of plagiarism had not been subjected to the attention Arday had received.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
It’s important to remember that once your adjustment-of-status application is pending, you will not be subjected to random deportation unless you commit a crime.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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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
He accused the two newspapers of subjecting him to "an endless pursuit, a campaign, an obsession with having every aspect of my life under surveillance so they could get the run on their competitors".
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026
“I feel terrible for subjecting you all to this,” he added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
And in subjecting ourselves to week after week of toil, tedium, and suffering, it struck me that most of us were probably seeking, above all else, something like a state of grace.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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