granted

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The consortium has been granted an exclusivity period until May 15 to wrap up the terms of the deal and transaction documents, Bouygues Telecom, Free-iliad Group, Orange and Altice said Friday in a joint statement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Two Iranian footballers who were granted asylum in Australia have said the country has given them "hope for a future where we can live and compete in safety".

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Mitchell’s family was awarded $7.8 million to settle a wrongful death suit in 2022, shortly after a judge granted their discovery request for records tied to the “text message scandal” dating back to 2016.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

Though Rinehart's children's claims over the rights was denied, another bid for royalties from Hope Downs by the family of late engineer Don Rhodes was partially granted.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Throughout Europe astronomers took a keen interest in what Copernicus had to say, but, with only a very few exceptions, they took it for granted that his account of a moving Earth was simply wrong.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton