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That can happen in civil litigation: Sometimes you have a private agreement, where both sides agree that they want to get rid of the case before they make a federal case out of it.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

Getting rid of the rule would eliminate that confusion, Kostulias said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

"If you look at removing forever chemicals, getting rid of microplastics, things like that, those are things traditionally, if we take 15, 20, 30 years to figure out that's a very long time," he said.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

They hoped it would rid them of what they consider both an eyesore and an environmental hazard.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

He shook his hands to get rid of his nerves.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly