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A Treasury official said Bessent will deliver a strong statement to the G20 to urge compliance with US sanctions if they want to continue operating in the dollar-based financial system.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
"I urge everyone to remain vigilant and actively engage in necessary coordination and cooperation in the lower coastal areas," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
All I can do after the end to such a historic run is to urge you: Don’t wait as long as I did to experience Dollywood’s magic firsthand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
If the courts don’t stop Pike’s execution, the public should urge Gov. Bill Lee to spare her life.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
Or would he have the irresistible urge to walk into the glowing red light, traveling toward his own demise?
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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But she urges supporters not to feel sorry for her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Lee says Carl Jung’s explorations of a person’s darker urges, hidden side and projection directly influenced the writing, especially when confronting those aspects in Lee himself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
The ministry urges residents in the affected areas to avoid exposure to heat and direct sunlight during the hottest hours between 11:00 and 18:00, stay indoors and drink plenty of fluids.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Assisted dying returns to Parliament as MP urges peers to 'finish the job'
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
My dad brings over a glass of water and urges me to take a tiny sip.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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Tensions between the Pacific's partners should not detract from island priorities on renewable energy, drug crime, food security and climate change, he urged.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
During the first hour, pine grove owners urged fire commanders to light a backfire a few hundred yards from Le Porge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Nepali police urged all rescuers to "immediately move to a safe location", saying they had received information that "a water dam has burst again on the Tibetan side".
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
Watkins is the latest experienced player to leave Villa this summer and Emery urged supporters to back the club's strategy despite the loss of several key figures in their successful 2025-26 season.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
In 1886, the Republican Party urged him to run for mayor of New York, calling him the “Cowboy Candidate.”
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
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Gold Phoenix was near the back of the pack in the field of 11 until the far turn, when jockey Hector Berrios began urging him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Police are urging the public to come forward with any information they might have about the theft, which they said happened "earlier this year" but was only reported to them on Tuesday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
On Wednesday, the company unveiled an ad it plans to take out in major newspapers urging its competitors to adopt similar protections for users under 18.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026
Health officials are urging Americans to get the measles, mumps and rubella, or MMR, vaccine, which the CDC says is 97% effective at preventing the disease with two doses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
The Bolsheviks were led by Vladimir Lenin, a man of bold and energetic ideals who had been urging revolution for more than twenty years.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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