clause
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The fugitive slave clause was harder to explain, and here Mr. Rebeiro is at his best.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
SB 344 contained an urgency clause, which allows the legislation to take effect immediately if Gov. Gavin Newsom signs the bill into law.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
The 14th Amendment says that the citizenship clause applies to people who are “subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.”
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026
They will pay an initial £65m, plus a potential £5m in add-ons, while the Seagulls have also negotiated a sell-on clause.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
What rankled most was the treaty’s humiliating “war guilt” clause, placing the blame entirely at Germany’s feet.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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Verstappen was previously contracted to the end of 2028, but there were clauses in his contract that would have allowed him to leave at the end of the current Formula One season had he wanted.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
They really are totally uncontroversial, and both clauses were seen as, like, these original anti-corruption, anti-grifting prohibitions, and were largely just observed.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
Additionally, many of these contracts contain conditional requirements or cancellation clauses in case build-outs stall.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
But Marquez said an evacuation order would open up other resources for more residents, including home insurance clauses for homeowners that provides assistance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
During the Jim Crow era, African Americans were denied the right to vote through poll taxes, literacy tests, grandfather clauses, and felon disenfranchisement laws, even though the Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Case Closed: Clud, Clus
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