strict
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Let me just give the strict legal answer, and maybe we can pan out from there.
From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026
A bill relaxing the country's strict rules surrounding states of emergency passed the lower chamber following 15 hours of overnight debate, the body's president, Roberto Castro, announced.
From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026
“He achieved these organic shapes, which are very characteristic of his architecture, but using very strict rules,” said Mauricio Cortés, an architect who has been working on completing the church for the past two decades.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
Al-Shabab had morphed into a powerful, hardline militant group controlling large swathes of the country outside Mogadishu where it imposed a strict form of Islam, including restrictive dress codes and banning music.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
They were still in formation, looking strict and tall and mean in their crisp, dark uniforms.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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