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"It's a serious storm," Governor Josh Green said, proclaiming a state of emergency to ensure the state and its counties "have sufficient resources to clear debris, secure infrastructure, and take other measures to prepare."
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
According to Sheinbaum, U.S. authorities have not provided their Mexican counterparts with sufficient evidence to warrant the governor’s detention or extradition to the United States.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
District Judge Richard G. Stearns ruled there wasn’t sufficient evidence of ongoing institutionalized racial discrimination at Harvard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Water companies had failed to make sufficient investment over the last 30 years, she said, leaving customers with "leaks, pollution and soaring bills".
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
A sufficient interval having elapsed for the performers to resume their ordinary costume, they re-entered the dining-room.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
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Franklin Roosevelt, "Four Freedoms" (1941)
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