constitution
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When Raúl Castro left office in 2018, some things changed in Cuba: The people voted for a new constitution in 2019.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
After Chávez won a landslide presidential election in 1998, Flores helped rewrite the constitution and served in a new National Assembly.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
"I, Balendra Shah, in the name of the country and people, pledge that I will be loyal to the constitution," Shah said, dressed all in black, including his trademark dark sunglasses.
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
"It's not very healthy because everyone can get sick with no running water. And also according to the constitution it's our right to have water."
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
Thus one does not need to have a theory of the structure and constitution of the sun and the planets in order to calculate their orbits.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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