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Disruption caused by things like conflict - but also bad weather, strikes by airport or air traffic control staff, or other "extraordinary circumstances" - does not entitle you to extra compensation.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

TD Cowen’s Craig Hutchison says the U.S. government will be granted a participation interest which, once vested, will entitle it to receive 20% of any cash distributions over $17.5 billion made by Westinghouse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025

So, it could take you like two years to entitle land, sometimes even three or four years, but then it might take you another year to build it.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2023

Should the NIH deem that any federal grant money was used improperly, a successful suit would entitle the plaintiffs to a portion of the money the government can claw back.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2023

That’s how long Chacko and Rahel had to wait for the pink receipt that would entitle them to collect Ammu’s remains.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy