consent
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Elaine Forbes, 53, was charged Tuesday with one count of prowling on private property, two counts of lodging without an owner’s consent and one count of petty theft, according to Marin County Superior Court records.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
Unless clear limits are introduced against "mistaken belief" in consent, victims' efforts may be "rendered futile", she told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
Maggie says she waited until 16 to make the change, when she did not need her father's consent.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
And if it can’t pass by unanimous consent, we’re skeptical the Senate would spend valuable floor time trying to pass it on its own.
From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2026
Among these was an absolute ban on “flying in airplanes of any description,” except with Groves’s explicit consent.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
But if biological mothers and fathers are constitutionally forbidden from transferring parental rights, then many adoption consents are null and void.
From Slate ● May 13, 2026
The board cited uncertainty in obtaining client consents and questioned Victory Capital’s $500 million synergy estimate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 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
It also requires consents from the Environment Agency "for water management, excavation below the water table and similar things".
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2024
He consents without a murmur, all join in a joyful chorus, and the curtain falls upon the lovers kneeling to receive Don Pedro’s blessing in attitudes of the most romantic grace.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
They wrote For the People who consented to be governed by it, which includes you.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026
When the detective asked her to take a polygraph, she consented.
From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2026
Gaytan claimed he took no part in the robbery, but after he consented to a search of his phone, Simonyan said she found text messages sent to one of the alleged gunmen, Eduardo “Active” Lopez.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2025
The child’s hospital had begun using AI to record visits—and her husband had unknowingly consented.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
It was pitch-black before Taisin consented to stop.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
In a secure and mutually consenting relationship, of course.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
He suggests Washington’s funding could require state officers “to enter separate contracts with the federal government consenting to answer suits under RLUIPA.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 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
The reconciliation took another five years and, with neither of the Gallaghers consenting to an interview, it's hard to know what informed their decision to get back together.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2025
He went consenting, or else he was no king....
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
Vocabulary lists containing consent
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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The Bill of Rights
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Common Senses: Sent, Sens ("Feel")
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