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Within a day, a Hellenic Capital Market Commission vice chair told Binance that Lagarde had asked the Greek prime minister not to approve it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

It does not approve a runway - that will come in a Commons vote expected later this year.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

An air valve had malfunctioned, according to the complaint, but Kettle refused to approve a fix afterwards because it would have led to train delays at Union Station.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

But parliament is struggling to approve suggested laws, which include unpopular measures such as imposing duties on parcels from abroad, intended to boost revenues.

From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026

In the evenings, I’d find memos in my briefing book asking me to approve a “Bo and Sunny Drop-By,” allowing the dogs to mingle with members of the media or children coming for a tour.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

The FDA approves a new therapy against one of the deadliest cancers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

And the convention approves this unanimously without noted debate because it’s so freaking obvious, right?

From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026

The emergency application comes one week after an appeals court ordered construction to stop until Congress approves, upholding a ruling won by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, which sued the administration last year.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

If the rest of the committee thinks it needs to raise rates to restrain inflation, that’s precisely what it will do, whether Warsh approves or not.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026

“I don’t particularly care what my father approves of any longer.”

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Actually, every two weeks, thanks to a recently approved initiative: “You guys get paid every two weeks by your employer,” he reasoned, “so why shouldn’t your assets pay you every two weeks?”

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026

More than 60 have been approved, in fields including respiratory care, cybersecurity and water resource management.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

Long used for weight loss and diabetes, the Food and Drug Administration has approved certain GLP-1s for additional uses, including obstructive sleep apnea, chronic kidney disease and severe fatty liver disease.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

The resolution to reappoint Chandrasekharan, while approved by the board, could be defeated at the company's Annual General Meeting as Tata Trusts is likely to vote against it, putting a question mark over his future.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

It was no wonder Seven’s toad was the worst; he hated music and croaked loudly whenever she tried to train him using any of the approved classical music for training.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

In another case, AI agents from Anthropic escaped from a U.K. government test and attempted to trick a real human into approving malicious computer code.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

The bill cleared the Assembly floor by a vote of 68-2, with the Senate approving its companion measure by a vote of 32 in favor, 8 against the same day.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

But those objections weren’t enough, and “we all feared that the Planning Department was on the verge of possibly approving the process ministerially.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026

McCulloch said he was confident there was a "balance of advantages" in approving Rosebank and added: "The ball is back now in the government's court."

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

“Why, you’re a regular cross-examiner!” said Mr. Wemmick, looking at me with an approving air.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens