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Dinner tasted rich and savory and faintly sweet, the sort of thing I would have been delighted to order at a neighborhood restaurant.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026
But in order for Saylor to be right, new money has to keep entering the system—and that money has to come from someone.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
Nicole Neily, president of Defending Education, welcomed the judge’s order, saying it blocks a “coercive speech policy.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
They can also consider an order for 16 and 17 year olds if they believe this would help prevent further offences.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
In Catholicism, a religious order is a community of people who take solemn vows in accordance with a specific way of life.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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Because these whales own so much of the world’s Bitcoin, their large buy and sell orders can drive sharp changes in the price.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
Catch-and-kill orders are rare and controversial in Australia, where great white sharks are a protected species.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Yet according to a May 2026 Washington Post investigation, of more than 80,000 “voluntary departure” orders issued by immigration judges between January 2025 and March 2026, more than 70% involved people who were already detained.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
Many investors, especially hedge fund traders, use stop-loss orders to limit the damage to their portfolios.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
For the first time in nearly three weeks, new orders came in: “Assume combat readiness and form a line west of the Caicos and Turks Island passages in the Caribbean Sea.”
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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Chivers, who interviewed scores of fellow veterans, wondered: “Had it been worth it? Have they helped? Why had they been ordered to fight the way they fought?”
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026
Growers have ordered hundreds of thousands of resistant trees for planting in the spring, with about a million in production.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Niger's police chief ordered an immediate investigation into "the unfortunate death of suspected illegal miners while in the detention facility of the NSCDC", spokesman Wasiu Abiodun wrote in a statement.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Tran demanded payment for a cleaning fee and allegedly ordered the women out of the vehicle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Immediately after hearing Kogvik’s story, search leaders ordered the ship to head, directly to Terror Bay.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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LaTanya Walker considered ordering abortion pills for her niece, she said, but she ultimately did not because she worried about whether they could exacerbate medical conditions.
From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2026
Aircraft manufacturers are increasingly ordering larger cabin windows, says Vermont, in order to offer passengers a wider view of the world outside.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Executives have said that the ordering advances helped increase customer spending and reduce counter lines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
You could have customers showing up ordering a feast of fillet steaks because they got an inside tip on your generosity.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
I picked up my cards and fanned them out in my palm, grouping the queens together and ordering a run of hearts.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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