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These products now all stand to cost consumers more, especially since grocers and farmers tend to operate on very low profit margin compared to other industries, giving them little leeway to absorb higher tariffs costs, and instead will pass it down to consumers, said Lovely.
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Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 21 Jan. 2025
At the time he was sentenced, the federal sentencing guidelines gave judges no real leeway and a 2010 law did not give Wintersmith and other prisoners like him retroactive relief.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
Mid-ranking officers had never been given so much leeway to attack so many targets, many of which had lower military significance, at such a high potential civilian cost.
—Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
Cukor provides her with every leeway to make her slinky walk, squeaky voice and astonishing malapropisms count for every possible laugh.
—Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Dec. 2024
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Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 21 Jan. 2025
At the time he was sentenced, the federal sentencing guidelines gave judges no real leeway and a 2010 law did not give Wintersmith and other prisoners like him retroactive relief.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
Mid-ranking officers had never been given so much leeway to attack so many targets, many of which had lower military significance, at such a high potential civilian cost.
—Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
Cukor provides her with every leeway to make her slinky walk, squeaky voice and astonishing malapropisms count for every possible laugh.
—Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Dec. 2024
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