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Government decrees to grant dispensations to manufacturers of Abondance, Beaufort and Comté cheeses - which come from mountains in eastern France - appeared on Wednesday.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

The department halted multiple ongoing projects for “being hostile to vehicles” and ended a grant that would have made a street intersection in Boston safer for pedestrians but could “impede vehicle capacity and speed.”

From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026

The tablet records a royal grant and indicates that Tiglath-pileser probably ruled from roughly 763-762 BCE before eventually being deposed.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026

Amid the outcry, Rocha Moya announced Saturday night he was asking state lawmakers to grant him another leave — a request certain to be granted.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

“Not, I grant you, but what his manners is given to blusterous,” said Joe, apologetically; “still, a Englishman’s ouse is his Castle, and castles must not be busted ’cept when done in war time.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

Shortly after, he announced $1.7 billion in additional funding would go toward roads and bridges, though it is unclear how much of that came from grants he had already canceled for bike infrastructure.

From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026

He said in the 2024 podcast that he and Bankman-Fried had already had a falling out by then due to a disagreement over biosecurity grants.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

From baby banks to council grants, here are ways parents can ease the cost of kitting out their kids for school.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

County’s proposed Evergreen Fund would offer grants instead — if it survives the budget.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

As explained by historian Edmund Morgan, in colonies like Virginia, the planter elite, with huge land grants, occupied a vastly superior position to workers of all colors.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

In fact, the deeply personal lyrics were inspired by Parton’s mother and her exhausted loyalty to a husband who strayed and took her for granted.

From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026

Bowen, of Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, was granted bail.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

One takes for granted the way the story works—meet cute, dispute, somebody scoots, they troubleshoot.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Namibia has granted environmental clearance for an offshore phosphate mining project that paves the way for the world's first commercial seabed-dredging operation for the mineral, despite opposition from green groups and the fishing industry.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

She and Katya were both granted the special status of okhotnik, or “free hunter”—a fighter pilot who could use her initiative to go searching for enemy aircraft or ground forces to attack.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

Copyright laws also underscore the premium we place on originality by granting creators – and even their heirs – long periods of exclusive rights for books, music and other artistic works.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

California is a “two-party consent” state, meaning it is a crime for someone to record a conversation without the permission of other participants, unless there is a court order granting authority to do so.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

Before listening to the arguments in detail, the Court of Appeal judges must decide whether the grounds justify granting Patterson leave to challenge her conviction at all.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

Mexico and Peru have agreed to re-establish diplomatic relations following a row over the granting of asylum to a former Peruvian prime minister who was charged for a 2022 coup attempt.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

Archaic; from Shres, the bastard god of fortune, who was believed to punish supplicants for inadequate offerings by granting their hearts’ desire to another.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor