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Before the shutdown, Vought's office instructed federal agencies to prepare reduction-in-force plans aimed at cutting employees or programmes whose funding might lapse or were "not consistent with the President's priorities", Politico reported.

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If they turn up for court hearings, as they are instructed to do, they could be arrested.

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Ali said Charlton instructed him to come to the flat to help bury Karen's body in a makeshift grave in the back garden, right outside the flat's kitchen window.

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Although she claims that Cam is her favorite kid, she only half-listens to him when he says he’s headed to boot camp, instructing him to return home with a carton of milk.

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Loan holders can instruct employers to hold up to 15% of a defaulted borrower’s paycheck.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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