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[fahyl] / faɪl /






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Under the new regime, visa holders who need more time will have to file formal applications with the federal government, subjecting themselves to additional background checks, biometric vetting, and other bureaucratic hurdles.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

They can book travel, fill out online forms, cancel appointments, even file a complaint with customer service.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

Korner chided the prosecution for "wholesale dumping" of documents and urged the parties to work together to reduce the size of the case file.

From Barron's Sep. 16, 2026

Anthropic is expected to publicly file for a potentially massive IPO as soon as this month, while Altman’s OpenAI has ruled out a a public listing until 2027.

From MarketWatch Sep. 14, 2026

Coal clicked on the first file and they began reading side by side.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

What he had found was musical gold: five unreleased songs by a young David Bowie, filed away under his birth name.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

The details were included in a brief filed jointly by the news organizations to support their request that a federal judge rule in their favor ahead of a trial.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

Lawyers for Erika Kirk filed the new legal document last week ahead of the first anniversary of the shooting, the first step in preserving her right to sue the officials over the death.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

The department will no longer allow martial status to be used for any rate plan filed after Oct.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2026

In the past, agents had filed reports by phone or telegram, or by briefing a superior in person.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

Turley, the head of ChatGPT, used the word “substitutive,” according to the filing, and said the AI products “will get more and more substitutive as they get better.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

In her own court filing, the staffer described how the center had been blocked off by gates and witnessed how a forklift had "run into and hit the pillars on the building several times."

From Barron's Sep. 17, 2026

In a separate filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday, Caesars said Jesse Lynn and Ted Papapostolou decided to resign from the company’s board.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

“The United States enforces the federal antitrust laws and has a strong interest in their correct application,” the Justice Department said in a Tuesday filing, describing its unique position to bring antitrust actions.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2026

On the top of the filing case there was a loose card—the note on Lancy Davis.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers




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