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The men, aged from 20 to 39, were lured to join the mercenary forces under the pretext of lucrative contracts, the government said.

The BBC obtained a covert recording of Miles meeting an unknown man, apparently on the pretext of carrying out a business deal.

Administration officials have characterized the shift as pragmatic deterrence that forces Taipei to fund its own defense capabilities while avoiding symbolic gestures that could grant Beijing a pretext for a Ukraine-style conflict.

So it stands to reason they would find some laughable pretext to bless his run for a third term, despite it being explicitly forbidden by the 22nd Amendment.

Attorneys can bring claims of racial discrimination in federal court, alleging California lawmakers used partisan affiliation as a pretext for race.