ordered

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Authorities ordered all MD-11s grounded in November after a Honolulu-bound UPS jet crashed just after takeoff from its Louisville, Ky., cargo hub.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Since the fire storm, the department has created a new policy to issue evacuation warnings to zones bordering areas ordered to evacuate.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

And he ordered RIH to give him all the documents demanded by the government’s subpoena by Tuesday, implying that the hospital might destroy these records if he did not obtain them immediately.

From Slate • May 19, 2026

It has also ordered the Football Association of the Czech Republic to revoke Vlachovsky's coaching licence.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

They had been ordered with terrifying strictness to say not one word about Veronika’s letter or any other topic until their mother decided the moment was right to spring the news on the captain.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood