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in the name of

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through

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at the hand of on over supported by through the agency of through the medium of under the aegis of via with with the assistance of

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for

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after as beneficial to concerning conducive to during for the sake of in contemplation of in exchange for in favor of in furtherance of in order to in order to get in place of in pursuance of in the direction of in the interest of notwithstanding on the part of on the side of pro supposing to to counterbalance to go to to the amount of to the extent of toward under the authority of with a view to with regard to with respect

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in the name of

But when you watch it a second time after you’ve seen the finale, you realize that there’s guilt there as well because of what she did to him, all in the name of her son.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

"We cannot discount the deployment of combat assets in the area in the name of training the Laotian air force."

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

He added that Anthropic “will slow down as much as necessary” in the name of safety.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

“Today, I mourn the 3K lives, 6K injuries, & infrastructural devastation in NYC, perpetuated ignorantly in the name of my faith,” El-Sayed wrote on Sept. 11, 2021.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026

I urge General Gowon, in the name of humanity, to order his troops to pause while an armistice is negotiated.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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