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"Children are the most vulnerable people in our society and we have a duty to protect them... We need some form of regulation and consistent public health messages have to be upheld," Hinge adds.

From BBC May 12, 2026

They will also need robust security to guard workers from guerrilla groups active in Venezuela’s Orinoco belt, as well as certainty that contracts will be upheld, these people said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 9, 2026

But investors don’t seem worried about the possibility that the tariffs will be upheld.

From Barron's Jan. 8, 2026

I do think that Illston will be upheld on appeal; I’m not even sure that the administration will try to appeal this to the Supreme Court.

From Slate Dec. 22, 2025

However just a cause may be, there are limits to human endurance, more especially when the cause to be upheld has no substantial importance for the defending nation.

From Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections by Archibald Phillip Primrose Rosebery




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