amounted
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But in Andriesz's view that amounted to little more than a regulatory "slap on the wrist" and made it harder to make a claim for whistleblower retaliation against BGC at tribunal.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
U.S. air-safety regulators had convened an internal panel known as a corrective action review board on Friday to decide whether the problem amounted to an unsafe condition that needed to be addressed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
That was where businessman Tunnock stepped in with a donation which, he said at the time, amounted to a "lot of caramel wafers".
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Damian wasn’t convinced that amounted to an economic injury.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
But they amounted to only a tiny fraction of Chicago’s blacks, and their ranks were slow to grow.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
