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While your brother-in-law’s behavior does sound a bit caustic, at least by your retelling, I urge you to de-center yourself.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
The theft prompted the city’s Police Department to warn residents that bronze pilfering was a “growing concern” across Southern California and urge community members to report suspicious activity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
"If you have any information that could help us find Lillia, I would urge you to come forward. Her family just want her home."
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
King Charles III waded into the AI debate on Thursday, gathering top tech executives in Scotland to urge them to hash out guidelines to keep the technology from spinning out of control.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
When Life magazine published a special issue with designs for fallout shelters, Kennedy added a note saying, “I urge you to read and consider seriously the contents of this issue.”
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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The bill also urges the U.S. to pursue international agreements to prevent superintelligence from being developed anywhere in the world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
It urges member states to use the new map in place of the traditional Mercator projection, which was designed for maritime navigation by Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator in 1569.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
Hong said he urges students to embrace failure as a learning tool—ideally while using a safety harness and cushions on the floor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
He also urges the justices to defer heavily to military leaders’ judgments about readiness and deployability.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026
Then Volkheimer urges him back and climbs halfway up the ruined staircase and begins whaling away at the edges of the hole with a piece of rebar.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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Also on Monday afternoon, the prime minister chaired a Cobra meeting and urged people "not to speculate while the authorities establish the full facts".
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
A Swedish truth commission on Wednesday urged the state to apologise for injustices committed against its indigenous Sami people, including assimilation programmes, and provide compensation and redress.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
In a January speech at Davos, Carney urged middle powers to stand up to hegemons and called for the formation of “different coalitions for different issues based on common values and interests.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
In recent weeks, top AI leaders including OpenAI's Sam Altman and Anthropic boss Dario Amodei have urged the industry to slow the pace of development due to concerns about risks associated with the technology.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
In a secret memo, he urged the president to deny Westmoreland's request.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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"From today, you will have to watch over your villages," Gombagui told around 100 local officials gathered in the village of Tibeita on a recent morning, urging them to "denounce" the prospectors and their accomplices.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
It was a change of argument from the defence lawyer, who during the trial focused on Clancy's mental health - urging the jury to find her not criminally responsible because of it.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Behind them, dozens of children and parents held signs urging the city to let them return to the fields: “Dear city, Santa Fe Springs, please let me play” and “We’re kids, we should be playing.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
The nation’s top health agencies have halted multimillion-dollar campaigns urging Americans to get vaccinated against flu and other respiratory viruses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
She shook the envelope at me, urging me to take it, until I crossed to her desk and reached out like a mechanical toy.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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