awarded
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It looked as if he had picked off Hernández to end the fourth inning, but Hernández instead was awarded second base.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
While much of the tech there had already been awarded sizable Army contracts, officials and soldiers involved described it as experimental rather than essential new weaponry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
The announcement comes on the day that Navi Pillay, a South African former ICC judge, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
And in 2016, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Honor - the nation's highest civilian honour - by Barack Obama in a ceremony at the White House.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
At the final moment, however, Amaranta did not feel frustrated, but, on the contrary, free of all bitterness because death had awarded her the privilege of announcing itself several years ahead of time.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
