obtained

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Participants in the study obtained about 41 percent of their daily calories from ultra-processed foods, nearly matching the Australian national average of 42 percent.

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

According to the court filing, evidence obtained by the lawyers shows that the company stopped using the transmission line in 1971 and designated it as “out-of-service.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Fellowship spreadsheets I obtained several years ago list Pulte as attending the 2015 and 2016 prayer breakfasts, one year with his wife.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

While the players obtained the visas necessary to enter the United States and play their group-stage matches in Los Angeles and Seattle, not all delegation members received them.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

About seven months earlier, I’d obtained a set of IOI intranet passwords from the L33t HaxOrz Warezhaus, the same black-market data auction site where I’d purchased the information needed to create a new identity.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline