settle
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A small farm town in Michigan voted against a proposed data center, but the developers sued and the municipality was forced to settle.
From Salon • Jun. 12, 2026
Eventually, IPO-related volatility will settle down, leaving Tesla, like all other stocks, trading on its fundamentals and narrative.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
And for his vice president, he had to settle for J.D.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026
Rayner told the BBC it would be "un-British" to make care staff already in the UK wait for up to 15 years - rather than the current five - before being allowed to settle permanently.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
His vision of a new Europe included a League of Nations, in which “great and small states alike” would settle their differences peacefully instead of going to war.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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