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[seek] / sik /




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For public-plan violations, courts are more likely to award injunctive relief than monetary damages—but beneficiaries can seek prospective relief requiring the fund return to merit-based investment standards.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Prosecutors have not yet said whether they’ll seek the death penalty in his case if he’s convicted.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

The U.S. and Iran “continue to seek to avoid a return to all-out war and are preserving space for continued negotiations,” Evercore ISI analysts led by Sarah Bianchi said in a note Thursday.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

The other learning: Companies are building new products that will disrupt existing, publicly traded companies that we seek to avoid.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

The salient policy question was clear: Should the United States declare war on France or seek a diplomatic solution?

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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