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be permitted

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may
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The department would also be permitted to conduct regular audits to flag officers who use the system frequently or conduct unusual searches.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

No fans at all will be permitted at the latter event, and only a few hundred Israelis at the former.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

Instead, production inside a designated allied industrial base should ordinarily be permitted unless a specific national-security reason requires otherwise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

Whether a parade will now be permitted is a different matter – the High Court did not authorise one.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

“I shall pray for her. And what of King Hizdahr, if I may be so bold? Might I be permitted to see His Radiance?”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin


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