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The two are still required to check in with Romanian authorities as the case winds through procedural hurdles.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
You have asserted your core First Amendment rights to speak, assemble, associate—to bear witness as a democratic check on an autocratic regime.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026
Estevez returned to Abu Dhabi to check on G42’s progress, and came away convinced the company was on the right track.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
The money is sent straight to the new account, or a check is delivered to the ex-employee but made payable to the new entity.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 19, 2026
The story appeared as far away as Little Rock and New Orleans, even though the original reporter didn’t bother to check his facts.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
Some people who can afford to invest their Social Security benefits wonder whether they’d be better off claiming early and investing their checks in the stock market.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
The incident prompted the town to implement a program that encourages residents to request police-welfare checks for missing or vulnerable neighbors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
When states restarted eligibility checks that had been paused during the pandemic, millions lost Medicaid coverage.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
A review by law enforcement of a Chase bank account where one of the checks was deposited showed that $22,487 was deposited in Upland.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
She’s leading one of the songs as they go, and I watch as she checks over her shoulder and sees me.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
How many cups of pretzels and how many cups of chex does he need to make 12 cups of party mix?
From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020
For each cup of pretzels, he uses three cups of chex.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020
Eli is making a party mix that contains pretzels and chex.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020
The simulations produced solutions that aligned with theoretical predictions and performed well on smaller problems where the correct answers could be checked.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
On commercial flights, the risk from cargo is twofold: passengers who have mistakenly packed a lithium battery in their checked luggage, and retailers shipping electronics without using mandated fire-safe packaging.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
The early medieval masterpiece, which tells the story of the events leading up to 1066 and the Norman Conquest, is being checked over by French and British conservators ahead of going on display in September.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
In the past, long queues formed at the border as documents were checked, particularly during periods of strained relations between Britain and Spain over Gibraltar's sovereignty.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
Slowly, terrified of slipping off the ledge, he unhitched his pack from one shoulder and checked that he still had the roe buck antlers.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Two years ago, rushing to finish a slide for a sermon on a South Pacific missionary, he dropped in an AI-generated image without checking it closely.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
He said Homeland Security arrived at those numbers by checking the four states’ public voter records.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
She had a checking account at a major bank.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
The food may be great, but you barely saw your guests because you were stuck tending the grill, checking the oven or assembling plates.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
It was of a girl with both blond and blue hair, checking to make sure the boy next to her was asleep before standing up and removing a chain from around her neck.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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