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The foreign ministry called on "Iraq to prevent all hostile acts originating from its territory urgently and without conditions".

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

For one thing, communications originating abroad — the source of most illegal robocalls — are beyond the practical reach of U.S. regulators.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

"Austria's international reputation is being damaged by Russian signals intelligence activities originating in Vienna," it said.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

Most of those Chinese imports are masked as originating in Malaysia and Indonesia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

A Big Bang had occurred, originating at the bridge of her nose, and the force of this explosion had sent galaxies of freckles hurtling and drifting to every end of her curved, warm-blooded universe.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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