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"Under the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 and its July 2022 statutory guidance, a kirpan is clearly defined and understood to feature a curved blade," Singh's letter said.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
For a movie defined by this nowhereness, it’s all the more telling that the filmmakers took pains to let us know exactly where we are.
From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026
Clement, so exquisitely low-key in “Flight of the Conchords,” ramps up that energy just a few clicks for a character defined in part by his passivity.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
What’s more, to actually do something useful, AI needs a lot of “wrapping”: the right data, the right permissions, the right guardrails and defined roles for the humans who oversee it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
They thought of them as the precursors of men and they defined them far more clearly as individuals than they had earth and heaven.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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