authority
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“It is clear that we do not have the independent legal authority to enforce this warrant.”
From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2026
Both cases involved an authority that has previously been used to impose levies.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
Mamdani said earlier this week he didn’t have the authority to make the arrest but urged the federal government to execute the warrant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
He has also cited Greater Manchester's bus operating model, in which private bus firms bid to run services franchised by the local transport authority, as a possible model for regulating the water and energy sectors.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
‘In disputes about natural phenomena,’ wrote Galileo, ‘one must not begin with the authority of scriptural passages, but with sensory experience and necessary demonstrations.’
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
But in February 2025, weeks after Trump’s second inauguration, Romanian authorities lifted the travel restrictions that had kept the Tates in the country, and the pair immediately boarded a private jet to Florida.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026
The Daily Telegraph says Iran has been sending suspected covert operatives across the Channel after individuals with links to Tehran's intelligence agencies were intercepted by UK authorities on small boats.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
French authorities ordered the evacuation of towns near the southwestern city of Bordeaux "as a precaution", as wildfires moved towards the area.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
The fires’ scale and intensity caught authorities off guard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
He told me he’d spoken to airport authorities about the problem, but evidently they hadn’t listened.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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