void
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Blanche leans on Williams’ concession that she cannot void the private contract.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
"Instead, we've left a void, one which has been filled with nefarious online actors peddling their own narratives surrounding what a successful manhood looks like."
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
She sees the campus as filling a void left by decades of cuts to arts education while providing a place where residents can gather and learn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Their trigger was a government decision in May to void a national medical-school entrance exam after evidence emerged that its questions had circulated in advance on messaging apps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
From there he flung himself into the void, arms outstretched, aiming for the far shore.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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Lima Construction identified that the four window voids posed a risk to those working on the scaffolding platform.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Another artist who uses unusual displays for his work is Ben Cowan, who handcrafts and casts his surfaces, creating sculptural frames with voids reminiscent of elements from Gothic architecture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
He comforted terrified survivors and filled critical information voids by sending continual updates to friends and neighbors as firefighters fought the blaze.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026
The two voids were located at depths of 1.4 meters and 1.13 meters behind the outer wall.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 23, 2026
Bernd’s face is white with dust, but his eyes are two voids and his mouth is a maroon hole.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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Ballmer also could be penalized and Leonard’s contract could be voided.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
The punishment was forfeiture of all wins in the 2024 season, which voided the team’s playoff eligibility, and a playoff ban the following year—the “death penalty,” the school lawyer called it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Before the 1970s, courts were extremely skeptical of the uneven bargaining power and information between the government and defendant, and voided plea bargains, if they even had to consider them at all.
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026
Sienna's aunt Jessica Gill realised the insurance would be an issue, and said GreatCover insurance told them it had been voided for travelling because of Sienna's diagnosis, but she was still insured for cancellation.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
But the foul creatures hadn’t finished yet; holding their beautiful wings high, they squatted among the devastation and voided their bowels.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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The punishment levied could include multimillion-dollar fines, a loss of future draft picks or voiding Leonard’s contract with the team.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2026
Tesla shareholders initially voted to give Musk the stock options in 2018, with a Delaware judge voiding the award in early 2024, citing inadequate shareholder disclosures.
From Barron's ● Dec. 20, 2025
But rather than simply give Catholic Charities the exemption, Mr. Kaul argued for voiding it entirely.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
They discovered that both increase of bladder pressure and sphincter muscle bursting activity associated with bladder emptying both stopped when PMCESR1+ cell activity was blocked during an ongoing voiding even.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 3, 2024
The symptoms are lassitude and emaciation; and, in very severe cases, the voiding of calcareous matter, white, streaked with yellow.
From Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. by Robert Jennings
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