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Northern Ireland has one of the strictest alcohol licensing systems in Europe, wherein anyone wanting to open a pub or off-sales must buy an existing licence from another business which has closed.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

He’s always on the lookout for situations wherein a government or a central bank makes a mistake that can be exploited.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

The illusion awakens him to a new means of looking at “nature and culture, the given and the constructed,” wherein these supposed binaries collapse together and exist simultaneously.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

But Ella’s family life has always been chaotic, as we see in flashbacks to her teenage years, wherein our narrator describes how Ella experiences seeing other happy families — as a stab in the heart.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025

I run back and then head over to the “deli” counter, which consists of ancient turkey sandwiches wherein the turkey strongly resembles ham.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green