adopted
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After Pearl Harbor, Capra jumped at the chance to defend his adopted country.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
But it was clear at the time it was adopted that it did not empower “the justices of the court to supplement or supplant the Governor’s executive clemency authority.”
From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2026
The potential environmental benefits could be considerable if the technology were adopted widely.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026
At COP30 in Brazil last year, countries adopted a final agreement that included a call for efforts to triple adaptation finance by 2035.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
Pieces that Chandresh became bored with at one point or another and were adopted into this purgatory instead of being discarded entirely.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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