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The Times' lawsuit partly hinges on the limited "fair use" exception, which permits copyrighted work to be used without the rights holders' consent.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

The audit found that gang units citywide routinely flouted the department’s rules on pretext stops, including by often failing to obtain proper consent to search vehicles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

Nor did it craft a consent decree or enforceable pledge to ensure compliance.

From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026

Imagine the backlash if Apple gave police access to your email and phone camera without your consent or a warrant?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Students were allowed to do homework in the library until lights-out, but O-Hall kids had to have a teacher’s consent.

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith

An application has been made to the Scottish government's energy consents unit and the full planning application is expected to be submitted by the end of next year.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

Wolford involves a Hawaiʻi law that prohibits individuals from carrying guns on private property unless the owner affirmatively consents.

From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026

In a recent update, the company has secured five transmission planning decisions since November, and will continue to focus on securing remaining consents for its projects.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026

And he can remain on our soil only when the sovereign — in the U.S., that’s “We the People” — consents to it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2025

He fumbles with the lighter before it consents to spark.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Although 88 agents consented to the forensic imaging of their personal phones, Robbins said none of those had been imaged at the time of the hearing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

To the majority, every detail of that contract must be knowingly consented to by all parties who might be affected.

From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2026

Highland Independent councillor Thomas MacLennan said the property would sit "more comfortably" in the landscape than the previously consented property.

From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2026

Ecuador said that its officials had not consented to ICE entering the consulate.

From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026

“Her Magnificence the Queen has consented to compensate each of you for the animals you have lost,” he told them in the Ghiscari tongue.

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

If a journalist wants an on-the-record interview with someone in Objection’s orbit, they are asked to sign an agreement consenting in advance to the tribunal’s jurisdiction.

From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2026

“If you want to run your mouth, we can be two consenting adults. We can finish it here,” the U.S. senator said during a congressional hearing.

From Slate ● Mar. 5, 2026

But there are things you need to consider before consenting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 6, 2025

At the time, he denied the allegations and accused one woman of defaming him, and the other woman of illegally taking his cellphone after consenting to being recorded.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2025

We helped the sick to their feet, and to them donated our own bedrolls, consenting to go without blankets for one night.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson