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About 440,000 barrels a day can be injected, out of the 785,000 barrels the initial design provided for.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
When Wrobleski wasn’t included in the initial NL All-Star roster, the Dodgers coaching staff went to work lobbying for him to be a replacement player.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
Minutes before the initial Centcom announcement, Iranian state TV reported explosions in Sirik, Qeshm, Bandar Abbas and Jask.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Investors might see impressive investment-banking revenue numbers this earnings season with such high levels of merger and acquisition activity, as well as initial public offerings.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 12, 2026
The initial four-year appointment eventually extended to a stay of eighteen years in Padua, which Galileo later recalled as being the happiest years of his life.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
Although authorities identified the victim only by his initials, H.S.N., media reports identify him as Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
The band's initials, which originally stood for Xtraordinary Girls, now represent "Xtraordinary Genes," reflecting a message, that "it's okay to be yourself as you are", says Chisa.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
It said the contracts involved people whom it identified only by their initials as A.Sh.,
From Barron's ● Jun. 13, 2026
"That's quite upsetting for me to hear. The last phone call I made to a ward manager, she might as well have just said that to me," she said, referring to the FOH initials.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
She’d snuck an “N” in there, too, stretched out like a flourish under his initials.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
One of the invoices is initialed “SW” with “OK to pay” written by it.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 12, 2022
He testified to purchasing a car for $3,500 and initialed a blank sales agreement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
At the very top, there are two giant joists initialed by workers from 1864.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2020
Leaders of both teams initialed their copies and handed them to their Qatari hosts.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 2019
The next day, in Paris, Kissinger and Le Duc Tho initialed the deal to end the Vietnam War.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
Medinsky said Russia had made a second major de-escalatory step by agreeing to a possible meeting of the two countries’ presidents at the same moment that a peace agreement was initialled.
From Reuters ● Mar. 29, 2022
Pages initialled by "DC" set out how the single market, due to start in 1992, would help business, workers, consumers, savers, holidaymakers.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2019
Agreements would also be initialled with Georgia and Moldova.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2013
President Mohamed Mursi's government initialled an IMF deal in November but postponed ratification in December due to unrest ignited by a political row over the extent of Mursi's powers.
From Reuters ● Apr. 3, 2013
“That is correct, Monsieur. My handkerchiefs are always initialled in the Russian characters. H is N in Russian.”
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
Sometimes, I think back to initialing the bark, or nailing a plank of wood into the trunk, or breaking a branch by accident.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 19, 2023
He was initialing ballots to be handed out to voters, a standard procedure mandated by state law, according to the county clerk.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 11, 2022
But he turned out to be a poll worker in Wisconsin conducting the standard procedure of initialing ballots for voters.
From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2022
He was initialing ballots to be handed out to voters, a standard procedure mandated by state law, said Dane County Clerk Scott McDonell.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 8, 2022
His correspondence shows him to have been a warm-hearted friend; and he had the same devout practice of initialing his manuscripts as his brother.
From Haydn by Hadden, J. Cuthbert (James Cuthbert)
This is the Epeira’s trade-mark, the flourish of an artist initialling his creation.
From The Life of the Spider by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
He was very preoccupied, pinning up cheques and initialling some important customer's paying-in book.
From Somehow Good by De Morgan, William Frend
The earlier taste still ruled in initialling and border decorations; but little flowers were added by degrees to the thorn-leaf pattern, and birds, sometimes angels, introduced.
From The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times by Biese, Alfred
While Mollie and Grace closed their eyes, Betty dug idly in the sand, and Amy produced a handkerchief and a tiny embroidery frame and began initialling a corner.
From The Outdoor Girls at Ocean View Or, The Box That Was Found in the Sand by Hope, Laura Lee
Miss Belmont stooped at the table, and when Mr. Berry entered he found her initialling the pay-sheet.
From Despair's Last Journey by Murray, David Christie
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