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According to Tasnim, "Iran has insisted that any initial understanding must be conditional on at least partial access to the assets."

From Barron's • May 24, 2026

This can cause sudden partial or complete blindness in one or both eyes.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2026

“This scenario could continue to play out in the coming weeks until some framework of a deal is achieved that could, at least, provide for a partial reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

In 1959, there was a partial meltdown of the core in one of the lab’s nuclear reactors that is considered among the worst nuclear accidents in U.S. history.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

She graduated second in her class and had had her choice of colleges: a full ride at Oberlin, a partial scholarship at Denison, acceptances all over the state, from Kenyon to Kent State to Wooster.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng