convention
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That week, downtown Seattle was cordoned off because protestors had taken over the streets surrounding the convention center, and some activists had broken the windows of a Starbucks nearby.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026
There is a longstanding parliamentary convention that the Speaker does not give reasons for decisions.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
Raman voted against the police raises and the convention center project, calling both efforts financially reckless.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
What’s Next: A cryptic social media post by Nvidia last week fanned rumors that it will be making a chip for Windows PCs, something that could be announced at the GTC Taipei convention starting today.
From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026
The old Antifederalist coalition that Madison had opposed so effectively at the Virginia ratifying convention in 1788 believed with some justification that their cause had never really been defeated, merely outmaneuvered.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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