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Noun
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While the law permits expropriation without compensation under specific circumstances, the South African government insists that private property rights remain protected.—
Chloe Mayer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 May 2025 -
The letter reviewed by Reuters shines a light on the people standing to gain from the expropriation.—
Anna Hirtenstein and Alexander Marrow,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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But his new ambassador to Ottawa, Pete Hoekstra, has said that his marching orders have nothing to do with annexation, which suggests the American president may be ready to move on.—
Stephen Maher,
Time,
27 May 2025
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It’s widely viewed as a show of support in the face of annexation threats by U.S. President Donald Trump.—
Rob Gillies,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2025
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This can lead to unwanted complications, such as muscle cramps or seizures.—
Health,
Health,
28 May 2025
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His party, the Economic Freedom Fighters, advocates the broad seizure and redistribution of White land without compensation, a policy that the ANC has long rejected.—
Lydia Polgreen,
Mercury News,
27 May 2025
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As of April, the GAO was looking into 39 other potential instances of impoundment under the Trump administration.—
Deepa Shivaram,
NPR,
23 May 2025
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The outcry comes as Trump is already facing accusations of violating impoundment law from Democrats over an executive order pausing the disbursement of funds approved in two of former President Biden’s signature laws.—
Aris Folley,
The Hill,
28 Jan. 2025
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Long before his streaming takeover, Ablack got his start as a child actor and fulfilled his Canadian rite of passage with a role on Degrassi: The Next Generation (2007–2011).—
EW.com,
EW.com,
5 June 2025
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The Financial Times reported in April that Banijay has held talks with ITV about a takeover.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
4 June 2025
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The Trump administration has voiced its support for all manner of geologic sequestration.—
Christopher Helman,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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President Barack Obama’s pivot to Asia achieved new levels of strategic engagement with the region in general, and with Southeast Asia in particular, after years of neglect, but it was challenged by caps on military spending imposed under sequestration.—
Michael J. Green,
Foreign Affairs,
31 Jan. 2022
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This means that both white-collar and blue-collar jobs are up for grabs.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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The 157th running of the Belmont Stakes will once again be held at the Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York, with a share of $2 million up for grabs.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
7 June 2025
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Courts are also increasingly scrutinizing environmental claims—down to the assumptions behind individual offsets.—
Felicia Jackson,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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Mass incarceration, which swept the country in the late twentieth century, rested on the assumption that a person spoiling for a fight with another person was weighing costs: that the difference between ten years and twenty-five would matter.—
Malcolm Gladwell,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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“Confiscation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confiscation. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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