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Business rates are collected by the Welsh government before being redistributed as direct funding to local authorities in Wales.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
But if those particles are collected inside a flask, they form a dense suspension of burned tobacco -- a tar-like sludge.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
Unlike in the U.S., where airlines pay the Federal Aviation Administration directly, in Europe the fees are collected by a regional body before being dispersed to individual countries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Department of Agriculture plant explorer Frank Meyer collected dozens of soybean varieties in China, many of which government researchers Charles Piper and William Morse planted at the department’s Arlington Experimental Farm in Virginia.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
He greeted the guards; he collected his paints and his easel; he entered the Salon Carré.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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