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accord

[uh-kawrd] / əˈkɔrd /






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But not all experts are impressed with the accord.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

I was alternately excited and apprehensive to take part, and my editor would like me to note that I pitched this story on my own accord.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

Caracas has projected earnings of $209 billion over 25 years from the accord.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

A ceasefire and demilitarisation accord is signed the next day in Sarajevo under UN auspices, but it is never respected.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

But the images broke up of their own accord, weightless chimeras routed by a numbness that ran through him unchallenged.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

But the logic of the accords has grown stronger.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

The accords, launched by Nasa in 2020, are non-binding and require no parliamentary ratification, membership fee or financial contribution to sign.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

He has made climate accords with foreign nations, jetted to Beijing to meet Xi Jinping, and committed California to a net-zero “partnership” with China.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

These accords involve Arab or Muslim countries normalizing relations with Israel.

From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2026

“It is here written, ‘Seven entered Meereen to sign the peace accords and witness the celebratory games at the Pit of Daznak.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

This column has long maintained that a major operation to wrest control of the Persian Gulf would be recommitting to a strategic past that accorded excessive primacy to the Gulf and its oil.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

"The Iranian side had requested permission on 28 February for three ships in the region to dock at our ports. This was accorded on 1 March," Jaishankar told parliament on Monday.

From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026

That AFP was accorded rare access to film and photograph a competition for women and girls was itself a sign of greater official openness.

From Barron's ● Nov. 17, 2025

Fans — many? most? all? — saw these arrests as special bad treatment accorded to a famous person, but, says Reubens, “30 years later, I still feel the effects all the time.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025

Slightly above six feet two, Jefferson towered over both Madison and Hamilton, and at forty-seven he was sufficiently their senior to enjoy the kind of respect accorded an older brother.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

When officers arrived, people were still fighting, according to police.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

Six people aboard a medical transport aircraft that went missing on Saturday while it was travelling from Bermuda to Boston are presumed dead, according to a statement from the flight's operator.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Since May 2025, consumer sentiment has risen for people who own the most stocks, while it has fallen for those who don’t own any, according to Joanne Hsu, director of the Michigan survey.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

"No amount of whataboutery can justify it," Bhuyan added, according to the report.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

But stripped of the luxury of snobbery, the two became thick as the thieves they now were, at least according to the Third Reich.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman




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