granted
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George and Amal were both granted French citizenship in 2025, just a few months after the couple revealed that they had relocated to France to give the children a more normal lifestyle.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
District Judge Sunshine S. Sykes granted a renewed motion for a preliminary injunction in the lawsuit, ordering DHS and ICE to make improvements at the facility.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
It was forced to act after a federal judge slammed the administration's sloppy legal work and found it violated protections granted to journalists and their sources.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
"Broad Peak, I ask for nothing but safe passage up and back down. I take zero mountains for granted," he wrote.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
The problem with this view is that it takes the concept of ‘reality’ for granted, whereas what we need is a history of the changing nature of reality.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
