objected

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The agreement also drops a court-appointed monitor the city objected to and provides two alternatives and limited the fees to no more than $150,000 per year.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

People objected to whether he had the ability to do this on his own.

From Slate • May 7, 2026

The shift came further into view on Friday, when three Fed bank presidents released statements explaining why they had objected on Wednesday to language characterizing the central bank’s next likely move as a cut.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

What they objected to was a single sentence in the postmeeting statement: the committee’s pledge to weigh “the extent and timing of additional adjustments” to the federal-funds rate.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

Irina had gone to war without even telling her mother—she was pretty sure her parents would have objected.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein