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He had to formally step down from the post two years later after being declared a "foreign agent".
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
Stewart gets one of the film’s best jokes, delivering one final indignity to Prince John with the panache that only a formally trained actor of his caliber could.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
The inflation measure is formally known as the personal consumption expenditures index.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
Now, Airbnb has attempted to draw the boundary more formally.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026
After the eruption, the Cascades Volcano Observatory was formally established in Vancouver, Washington in 1982, and other offices quickly followed: the Alaska Volcano Observatory, the California Volcano Observatory, and the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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