ordered

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A burn ban was ordered for 91 counties, essentially the entire southern half of the state, for at least 30 days.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

A doctor ordered the worker to take a week off, but the employee said that, on the fifth day, she was called in to work because no one could cover her shift, the complaint said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

This mixed arrangement prevents the system from forming a single ordered state and instead creates many possible low energy configurations.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026

Magistrates fined him £500 and ordered him to pay £200 compensation to Ms Williams.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

The pungent scents of Mr. Lew’s unwashed body and the pot-boiled astragalus-and-longan-berry tea he’d been ordered to drink four times a day seeped in from the kitchen.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu