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Widespread drought and record-breaking heatwaves have forced France to relax some of its famously strict rules on cheese production, with authorities announcing Wednesday special measures for abondance, beaufort and comte.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
But economists said that strict levies from the second-largest U.S. trading partner could hit pockets of the U.S. economic system particularly hard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
The court heard that Wang had struggled to comply with the strict rules, possibly due to her old age, and was frequently disciplined.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Its leadership has taken pains to avoid statements calling for a change of regime or anything that may fall foul of Russia’s increasingly strict laws on expression.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Because of this, he was a strict vegetarian.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Those limits include a stricter process to verify a user’s age that requires Meta to meet a certain threshold of accuracy, and a two-hour daily limit on its platforms if a user is under 18.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026
The platform will be required to automatically apply stricter privacy settings to accounts belonging to children under the age of 16, strengthen parental supervision systems, and implement stricter content filters.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
In Mykolaiv in southern Ukraine, local resident and driver Kateryna Stokolya says petrol stations everywhere are becoming far stricter about not working during air alerts.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
The investment bank said stricter reporting regulations also continue to pose a headwind to PDD’s revenue growth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
He’d led an overhaul of state campaign finance laws that ushered in stricter ethics rules for elected officials.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
"The circumstances that led to the incident should be thoroughly reviewed, those responsible should be identified, and the strictest possible action should be taken."
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Social Security has one of the strictest measures of disability.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
This would require the strictest inspections, which again raises the leverage question.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026
Despite the country already having some of the strictest sunscreen regulations in the world, the TGA said the time was right for an overhaul.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026
The caller told Morse he wanted to pass on some information, but only on the strictest assurance that the source would never be revealed.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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