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Haines' ruling is contrary to other federal courts' decisions on the Trump administration’s interpretation of the Alien Enemies Act, which the president invoked in March as legal justification for deporting hundreds of men whom his administration accused of being Tren de Aragua members.
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Dietrich Knauth, USA Today, 14 May 2025
But both Beasley and Mook told CNN that contrary to those initial announcements, neither is currently working with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
—Mick Krever, CNN Money, 15 May 2025
Continuing this line a few days later, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov commented that, contrary to long-standing Soviet and Russian doctrines, the United States has never been a warmonger toward Russia; Europe has always been the primary threat.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 9 May 2025
As the veteran pseudoscience debunker David Gorski has pointed out, contrary to the assertion by Kennedy’s spokesman, almost none of the vaccines on the current childhood vaccination list is a first-generation vaccine warranting placebo testing.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
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Dietrich Knauth, USA Today, 14 May 2025
But both Beasley and Mook told CNN that contrary to those initial announcements, neither is currently working with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
—Mick Krever, CNN Money, 15 May 2025
Continuing this line a few days later, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov commented that, contrary to long-standing Soviet and Russian doctrines, the United States has never been a warmonger toward Russia; Europe has always been the primary threat.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 9 May 2025
As the veteran pseudoscience debunker David Gorski has pointed out, contrary to the assertion by Kennedy’s spokesman, almost none of the vaccines on the current childhood vaccination list is a first-generation vaccine warranting placebo testing.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
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Preposition
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Born in New England and inspired by French cuisine, Nicholas Elmi won against fan favorite Nina Compton in the New Orleans season final.—
Kate Hogan,
People.com,
13 June 2025
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The hearing took place against a backdrop of ongoing tensions in Los Angeles, where Trump has deployed 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines, a move that legal experts said was highly unusual and based on laws that could be interpreted in different ways.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
13 June 2025
Preposition
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An obstructionist Supreme Court, however, stood athwart the New Deal’s path.—
John Fabian Witt,
The New Republic,
26 Aug. 2022
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One of the world’s largest container ships was wedged athwart the Suez canal on March 24th, apparently blown off course by high winds.—
The Economist,
The Economist,
24 Mar. 2021
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