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The terms governing the use of the character are set out in a 71-page license agreement executive summary which was released in a 2014 hack of Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE).—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes,
3 Jan. 2025 -
The lawsuit alleges that the park’s ownership violated Florida’s laws governing mobile home evictions, including by raising rents within 90 days of issuing the notice to vacate and by not offering the homeowners’ association the first right of refusal to purchase the land.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Cost-Inflicting: A Punitive Preventative Measure The converse of benefit-provisioning would be cost-inflicting behavior: where jealousy pushes you to become more controlling, punitive or manipulative.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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They have long since been known to be very controlling with video footage from tournament play.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
Verb
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He was voted in amid a wave of popularity for his ruling Liberal Party in late 2015 – very much viewed as a fresh face for the future and beating incumbent Stephen Harper – but has faced multiple challenges during a near decade-long tenure.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
6 Jan. 2025
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According to a unanimous Court of Appeal ruling in summer 2024, the trial judge marred the original guilty verdict by allowing the jury to proceed despite knowing that one juror had attempted to bribe the others.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Within many of our most crucial institutions, suppositions that would have been considered the height of lunacy even a few years ago have become regnant overnight.—
Charles C. W. Cooke,
National Review,
27 June 2023
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This was not always the case in Japan — there have been eight empresses regnant throughout history — but the Imperial Household Law introduced in 1947 restricts the throne to the male line of succession and requires women who marry outside of the family to leave.—
Emily Krauser,
Peoplemag,
13 Apr. 2023
Adjective
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In recent months, a number of senior security officials, including a defense minister and army chief, have been fired or forced to step down.—
Melanie Lidman,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Mar. 2025
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Axios reported on Sunday that two senior White House officials acknowledged the administration was aware of and ignored the court order, with one suggesting the legal clash will end up in the U.S. Supreme Court.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
16 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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That provision was designed with high-level diplomats in mind, such as when the government is deciding whether to give a visa to a political leader charged with war crimes.—
David Cole,
The New Yorker,
18 Mar. 2025
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The structure’s first level will offer a high-level dining experience, with details forthcoming.—
Katie Bain,
Billboard,
17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Pension funds, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds and high-net-worth individuals are traditional investors in these private markets.—
Stephanie Dhue,Sharon Epperson,
CNBC,
11 Mar. 2025
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Despite attracting interest from several bidders all over the world, including two sovereign wealth funds, the 69-car collection found a new owner in Mark Mateschitz, the only son of the late Austrian billionaire and Red Bull co-founder Dietrich Mateschitz.—
Yara Elshebiny,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Everybody plays numerous parts, assigned without regard to gender (there’s even a cameo for Fleming), but the anchors are Cumming’s Cholmondeley, the nerd who came up the audacious idea, and Hodgson’s Montagu, the operation’s main manager and salesman.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
21 Mar. 2025
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The physical pop-up takes over The Carousel @ Bloomingdale’s 1,600-square foot main floor space, as well as displays in the store’s Lexington Avenue windows for the launch.—
Lisa Lockwood,
WWD,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Reigning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reigning. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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