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Sometimes called a “future-advance mortgage,” it secures debt on your home and may even allow other debts to be secured under the same mortgage.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 22, 2026

Unless a mayoral candidate secures a majority of the vote, the top two face off in a second round.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

If anyone secures 50 percent of the votes on Tuesday, they win outright; anything less means the top two candidates go through to the November 3 general election.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

Voters elect representatives to the 547-member parliament and the party that secures at least 274 seats earns the right to form the next government to lead the country for the next five years.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Eventually, though, she secures her newborn in the den and heads back to the bamboo thicket to feast—crucial for her own survival as well as her cub’s.

From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh