ratify
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Vietnam goes to the polls on Sunday to elect members of the National Assembly, the country's top legislative body that serves mainly to ratify decisions by the ruling Communist Party.
From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026
This week, the Basement’s union voted unanimously to ratify its first working contract, making it the first and only escape room to have a union and operate under a collective bargaining agreement.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026
Workers still have to vote to ratify the deal.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
The high-level agreement meant those taxes were suspended while details were worked out, and the European Parliament was set to ratify the EU-US trade deal next week.
From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026
In early 1865, Illinois struck down its Black Laws and became the first state to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment, which enshrined in the Constitution the end of slavery.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
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