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In July, the bank issued a notice warning this could amount to an offence.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

County Chief Executive Joseph Nicchitta has said mandatory arbitration would amount to a “seismic change” in how the county conducts labor negotiations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

You give back, even when you have a modest amount to give.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

Aktor estimates that its pretax income from the LNG agreements it has signed or are “in the pipeline to be signed” would amount to 1.8 billion euros over a 20-year period.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

“The monkeys got away with them,” I said as if it were something that didn’t amount to anything.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls




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