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in order



















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systematically
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She stays with her partner or travels for at least a month, maybe two, in order to comply with the 30-day minimum stay rule.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

The airport's consortium of owners has said they need explicit backing from Burnham before the end of the year in order to proceed with the project.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

"You have to sort of understand that structure in order to do it successfully. And it's just not what we do. It's not the way our brains think about stories," Joel explained.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

With the flash of red tail lights flickering outside of the stadium, a sign of Dodgers fans already heading for the exits, Dodgers hitters went down in order in the final half inning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

He knew that, in order to protect his surviving daughter from the radiation the plant might release, he had to abandon the faint sliver of hope that one of those swept away could have survived.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland


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