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As a foreign entity, however, Apollo is unable to take full ownership of the airline outright owing to UK and European rules requiring firms to be majority owned and controlled by regional nationals.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
North Dakota has only two lawyers left who represent injured workers owing to low fee caps and state laws that make cases harder to win.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
As exports plummet owing to a ban on U.S. wine and liquor, California lawmakers ask Quebec’s premier to sidestep the president, lift the prohibition and promote free trade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
Apple’s “economics are under pressure owing to structurally rising input costs and supply-chain constraints, neither of which will improve in the near term, we believe,” she wrote in a Friday note.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
With difficulty, owing to their bulky backpacks, the nine of them crowded around the old boot held out by Amos Diggory.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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