rule
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However the Constitutional Council did not rule on the separate provision banning mobile phone use in high schools.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
The rule previously exempted retailers from paying import duties on packages sent to the U.S. valued at less than $800.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
There was one instance, however, when Gibson broke her own rule.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Fedorov denied having immediate political ambitions but didn't rule out a future run for president.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
During the first year of German rule, there were only minor attacks on Jews in Holland.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
National lawmakers are watching as states consider new rules.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Other nights I’m still Zooming, setting the rules and opening the gates, grateful to my former employer for helping me develop a personal method of teaching that still has legs 30 years later.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
Much like COVID-era social distancing rules, this will lower the risk of H5N1 transmission by keeping birds separate.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
These rules apply to both fixed-term leases and month-to-month tenancies.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
There were lots of rules when it came to Janie.
From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold
A 2002 hit on the French presidential candidate Jean-Pierre Chevenement -- with a pineapple-flavoured missile at the Paris book fair -- would lead custard-pie throwing to be ruled a criminal offence.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
A federal district judge, rejecting that contract provision, ruled last month that GEO Group must let health inspectors in, writing that “GEO’s new contract cannot preempt state law, even if it purports to.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
He has since taken his argument to world football governing body Fifa, who ruled earlier this week that overruling the contract was not within its jurisdiction.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Since then, courts in Nevada and Washington have ruled the opposite way, allowing state enforcement to proceed.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
Eventually an American federal judge ruled the quarantine unconstitutional and ended the Guantanamo program.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
The ruling Adilet party won more than 70 percent of the vote, handing it most of the parliament's 145 seats, while four other parties also secured representation.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
In the capital Kabul, we meet another senior Taliban figure who swapped a violent past for a role with the ruling administration.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Court of Appeals upheld the lower court’s ruling, setting a legal precedent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
The restraining order follows a Colorado court ruling on July 31 that granted athletes who began their collegiate careers in the 2022-23 season a fifth year of eligibility for the upcoming season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
The Romans looked at Reyna, waiting for her ruling.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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