codes

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This is a Bible story updated for today, when the Bible might as well contain the nuclear launch codes.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

Driver’s ex-cop knows the codes of cutting deals with the Russian mob; Teller’s engineer is the square who can’t grasp how doing things the right way just makes the situation worse.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Open to follow, we convened a panel of tennis style experts to break down the dress codes for each tournament, and to dig into the style tribes you’ll want to join this summer.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Pennsylvania, Mississippi, and Alabama have never allowed the exclusion to be taken for state taxes largely because of the way their tax codes conform with federal law.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

These had features in common with codes she had solved before, and they were more crucial to the war effort than the chatter of South American spies.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield