inquiry
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Inquiry chairman Sir Adrian Fulford said there had been a "fundamental failure" by any organisation to take ownership of the risk Rudakubana posed in the years leading up to his attack.
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026
"The Southport Inquiry identified fundamental failings, across many of our public services in the years leading up to July 2024," she said.
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026
Taylor acknowledges that heteropessimism, a term used by Asa Seresin in a 2019 piece in The New Inquiry, isn’t the same as actually denying or refusing to engage with heterosexuality.
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026
Appeared in the May 20, 2026, print edition as 'Flurry of Suspicious Oil Trades Triggers Inquiry'.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
Inquiry was made into the origin of the scourge, and by degrees various facts came out which excited public indignation in a high degree.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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