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In 2021, the agency reduced allowances for power plants in 12 states to curb an oversupply in the NOx-credit market, according to rule changes published by the EPA.

From Reuters • Apr. 22, 2023

Posts must be directly related to Elsagate, according to rule #3, with no sidetracks into adjacent theories about pedophile rings or MK Ultra.

From The Verge • Dec. 8, 2017

The U. S. Navy names its ships according to rule: cruisers are named for cities, battleships for States, submarines for fish, transports for deceased commandants of the U. S. Marine Corps.*

From Time Magazine Archive

More protracted than packed, Author Fabricius' narrative could be simply described as a tale of guilty mother love and a spoiled son who turned out according to rule.

From Time Magazine Archive

She had to play according to rule; she could not do as she pleased.

From Two Prisoners by Page, Thomas Nelson




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