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Companies risked government enforcement action if they didn’t follow SEC direction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

He was arrested and held in a police station for five hours, but no further action was taken because of a lack of evidence.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

We are increasing readiness against existing threats, and the United States has on-orbit space control weapons capable of defending the Joint Force against hostile adversary action.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

This allowed them to act as “AI agents,” taking action on behalf of humans.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

Charlie Ledley was even worse: He had the pallor of a mortician and the manner of a man bent on putting off, for as long as possible, definite action.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

What Huberman’s worldview proposes is that motivated people can take small actions to relieve themselves of these endemic problems of middle age.

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026

Postpartum psychosis can involve hallucinations and delusions, and her lawyers argued that she was unable to understand the nature of her actions or distinguish right from wrong.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

“All of those actions are costly. They disturb employer-employee relationships. You lose co-workers. You have to move.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Investigators gathered video from a matrix of security cameras that surround the busy intersection to support their contention that Rios’ actions amounted to murder with implied malice, according to law enforcement sources.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

She told herself that her actions had been motivated by love for her people and her country.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti