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The latest meeting was called following a report by the council's top legal officer, Alex Bougatef, who said it was his legal duty to declare the local authority is breaking the law.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

Moynihan has more than once used “gainsay,” or to declare something as untrue or invalid.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

As the AI race goes on, it’s still far too early to declare winners and losers.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026

The title might declare itself concerned with the rivals of Amziah King, but they’re a red herring — this is really about the reign of Kateri.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

All I knew was if I found tooth marks on one page of my rocket book, I was going to declare hunting season on a certain bushy-tailed rodent.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

Instead, she stands up, pops her dislocated shoulder back into its socket and grimly declares to the shocked classmate filming her, “This is Claire Bennet, and that was attempt No. 6.”

From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026

Rebecca Onion declares that in a crowded field of summer romance series, this is the one that will stand the test of time.

From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026

“Those guys are true songsmiths,” the composer declares.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

The front page also carries a photograph of aerial firefighting in southern France, noting that wildfires are ravaging a "sweltering Europe" as the first part of the UK declares drought.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

It declares that we are trapped in a world not of our making, while insisting that the obstacles to our remaking the world are indeed all of our own making.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

“The country is doing good,” Trump declared at one point, to which Cohen responded, “Well, thanks to you, sir.”

From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026

England off-spinner Shoaib Bashir took 3-77 before Durham declared on 295-6, setting Derbyshire a notional 423 for victory.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

Three boats arrived during the night from Kisangani -- a major river city in the northeast where about 15 Ebola cases have been recorded since the outbreak was declared on May 15.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

He annulled her royal title; declared their only child, Elizabeth, illegitimate; and damned her memory.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

She declared that one sufficiently squeezed, even though there was clearly plenty left in it, and turned around to get her next orange half.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

Schools struggled to cope, with some closed declaring "heat days" as temperatures in classrooms became too high for children to concentrate.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

Paz succeeded in quelling the unrest by declaring a state of emergency in June.

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

That year, Liang spun out DeepSeek from his hedge fund, declaring the same goal as Tang’s: humanlike intelligence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Quiñones defended his idea, repeatedly declaring: “The president wants this!”

From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026

At one moment he could not restrain himself from declaring, “I loved her”; which news could not but inspire weariness and indifference.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson