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Boeing will also send a bulletin to airlines detailing the issue and instructing employees how to recognize and respond to the situation should it take place.
From Barron's β Oct. 3, 2026
"Finally, I want to repeat the Chief Constable's appeal for calm and for all parties to refocus efforts on working to find a lasting resolution to this issue."
From BBC β Oct. 3, 2026
Bill Plaschke in the same issue writes of Chuck Essegian’s 1959 pinch-hit World Series homer without any indication it was in the stone age.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 3, 2026
Crickets, until the issue blew up because of somebody’s entirely unrelated tweet.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 2, 2026
Battlefield commanders depended on telephones to gather information and issue orders, yet telephone cables were easily broken during combat.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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The Games in Aichi-Nagoya, which close later Sunday, have been dogged by organisational issues over accommodation and transport.
From Barron's β Oct. 4, 2026
The South's Unification Minister, Chung Dong-young, also proposed talks to address issues along the border to Pyongyang on Friday.
From Barron's β Oct. 3, 2026
It will also review current warnings and systemized notifications to the government of breaches, hacks, jailbreaks and other issues, and “recommend ways to improve the government’s response capacity under existing authorities.”
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 3, 2026
Angela Salmon, head of education at the Nature Commission and a member of the meeting group said inviting sixth formers to share the environmental issues that mattered to them "makes perfect sense".
From BBC β Oct. 3, 2026
Now their only guide was an emaciated corpse lady with serious self-esteem issues.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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The agency issued the order late Saturday afternoon, saying the fire, in a remote mountainous area northeast of Santa Clarita, had spread to 1,000 acres with 0% containment.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 4, 2026
The game started 45 minutes after the National Weather Service issued an extreme heat warning, cautioning against “extremely dangerous heat conditions” as the temperature reached 100 degrees at first pitch.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 4, 2026
Moscow issued a similar warning in May but heads of state and governments from countries backing Ukraine have defied it by travelling to the war-torn country and the capital in show of support.
From Barron's β Oct. 3, 2026
One store manager quit when he was issued a BlackBerry device, Stephen said.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 3, 2026
At this point the Inquisition stepped in, determined to get their man, and issued the crucial second warning which made the reference to teaching.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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With the Dodgers’ lead cut to one run, Skubal labored through the rest of the sixth inning, issuing a pair of walks, his first of the game.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 3, 2026
Oh distinguished Dunamu’s planned role in stablecoins from issuing them itself: “Digital-asset exchanges distribute them; they are not the issuers,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 2, 2026
Massachusetts was the last state to make it illegal, issuing a temporary emergency order in August.
From BBC β Sep. 25, 2026
Income from municipal bonds is typically exempt from federal income taxes, as well as the state and local taxes of the issuing municipality.
From MarketWatch β Sep. 25, 2026
He began issuing orders in a low voice.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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