citation
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Maybe they can get tenure by embracing and touting these ideas and getting a citation from a Supreme Court justice, maybe even a majority opinion.
From Slate ● Aug. 16, 2026
Two former winners - Suede and Dave - receive nominations, while Florence + The Machine picks up a fourth citation for her thunderous new album, Everybody Scream.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
You can qualify for a reward if you notify the police about fireworks being used in West Covina and the violator is detained, issued a citation or arrested, according to a police department news release.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
The incident resulted in an Occupational Safety and Health Administration citation for a serious violation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
The citation goes on to say that the best time to dig wild potatoes “is in the spring as soon as the ground thaws.... During the summer they evidently become dry and tough.”
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
Katie: If it’s AI citations they’re after, they should start posting more on YouTube, which is, unsurprisingly, heavily scraped by Google’s AI model.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Late last month, the county's public health department fined Lineage for "unsanitary and nuisance" conditions with $500-a-day citations.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
The Sheriff’s Department has said it had appealed the citations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Law enforcement for the National Park Service told AFP in June that five people were arrested for vandalism and five others were issued federal citations.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
Soccer team rosters, citations at the end of journals, introductions at faculty meetings—always they seem to her some vestige of the prison lists that never contained her father’s name.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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