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I can use all the help I can get trying to manage my three big, willful dogs at home and in the outdoors.
THE UNSUCCESSFUL INTERSECTION OF DOGS AND TECHNOLOGYWSILERJULY 17, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINE
The revised premise, which I’ve been asked not to say much more about before the premiere drops, requires some willful suspension of disbelief.
HBO MAX'S GOSSIP GIRL REBOOT IS PERFECTLY FINE FOR A SHOW THAT SHOULDN'T EXISTJUDY BERMANJULY 5, 2021TIME
Rather than being an extraordinarily malicious person, he was a “clown” living a genocidal lie fostered and perpetuated by a culture of willful self-deception.
WHAT’S THE POINT OF TRYING TO UNDERSTAND GHISLAINE MAXWELL?JUDY BERMANJUNE 24, 2021TIME
If one of the attorneys finds that the complaint meets a “knowing and willful” standard, Googins is supposed to forward it to the district attorney’s office.
CHULA VISTA POLITICIANS ROUTINELY BLOW PAST CAMPAIGN DEBT LIMITSJESSE MARXJUNE 2, 2021VOICE OF SAN DIEGO
Because this revenue represented goods Under Armour actually did sell, the SEC said it did not find that the company violated accounting rules and claimed that it committed fraud by negligence, rather than willful wrongdoing.
UNDER ARMOUR FOUNDER SOLD $138 MILLION IN STOCK DURING TIME PERIOD COMPANY ALLEGEDLY MISLED INVESTORS ABOUT SLOWING SALESDOUGLAS MACMILLANMAY 13, 2021WASHINGTON POST
Trexler has despaired over what he called a “willful blindness” to this fundamental problem.
A NONPROFIT PROMISED TO PRESERVE WILDLIFE. THEN IT MADE MILLIONS CLAIMING IT COULD CUT DOWN TREES.BY LISA SONG, AND JAMES TEMPLE, MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWMAY 10, 2021PROPUBLICA
In a single week we have concrete evidence of a state government’s willful disregard for the health and safety of the most vulnerable residents of the state.
TEXAS ENABLED THE WORST CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING CATASTROPHE IN RECENT U.S. HISTORYBY PERLA TREVIZO, REN LARSON, LEXI CHURCHILL, PROPUBLICA AND THE TEXAS TRIBUNE; MIKE HIXENBAUGH AND SUZY KHIMM, NBC NEWSAPRIL 29, 2021PROPUBLICA
Yet for me, realizing that my strong and willful mother could be reduced to tears was and remains a stunning incident.
SHOULD PARENTS CRY IN FRONT OF THEIR KIDS? I ASKED A PSYCHOLOGIST, AND MY 9-YEAR-OLD.CATHY ALTERAPRIL 8, 2021WASHINGTON POST
Cannon faces two felony charges – willful obstruction of law enforcement officers by use of threats or violence and preventing or disrupting General Assembly sessions or other meetings of members – third offense.
LGBTQ LAWMAKER ARRESTED, DRAGGED FROM STATE CAPITOLMATT HENNIEMARCH 26, 2021WASHINGTON BLADE
The issue is not just petty skimping on food, the withholding of the March Madness brand, the willful lack of promotion.
THE NCAA’S SHELL GAME IS THE REAL WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SCANDALSALLY JENKINSMARCH 25, 2021WASHINGTON POST
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