But nearly five decades after the 1979 revolution, and for all the official proclamations of national unity in the run-up to Khamenei's funeral, the Islamic Republic has rarely been so internally fractured.
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Parisa Hafezi,
USA Today,
3 July 2026
Three days into his tenure as a Bull, Wilson’s bold proclamations already have become the norm around the Advocate Center.
Many American poets have written hymns and howls, declarations and outcries for this country that brims with so many people, and so many hopes, from all over the world.
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Scott Simon,
NPR,
4 July 2026
The city, county and state all issued local emergency declarations in the days following the fire.
Even temporary sales slumps breed alarmist pronouncements; book parties in disfavored genres begin to feel like wakes, sending off one more spirit to the inevitable afterworld of the remainder shelf.
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Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
2 July 2026
Beulah’s not delivering world-weary pronouncements, the way Beth does.
The omissions come after announcements by EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin earlier this year that his agency was designating microplastics and pharmaceuticals priority contaminants for testing.
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Susanne Rust
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2026
This is one of the first announcements WhatsApp has made after appointing a new CEO.
The Supreme Court's immigration rulings have largely allowed Trump to decide who can enter the United States and who must leave.
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Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
1 July 2026
While condo association boards often have the authority to approve or deny sales, the prior circuit and appellate court rulings concluding the community’s documents do not grant it that authority may ultimately be reaffirmed in these current cases.
Getty Images for Ascot Racecourse The highly agile Getty shooter Alan Crowhurst has done us a great favor by bringing concrete cloakroom evidence of the many social and administrative challenges that the (famous) Royal Ascot costume edicts require in order to be properly met.
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Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
The age of the Germanic male genius delivering edicts from on high has run its course.
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