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Recent Examples of unapproved
The infraction was for unapproved modifications to the rear attenuator on the race cars for two-time Indy 500 winner Josef Newgarden and 2018 Indy 500 winner Will Power.
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Bruce Martin, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
From March 7 to 17, the new filing acknowledged that SSA DOGE employees were using links to share data through an unapproved third-party server.
—Stephen Fowler, NPR, 23 Jan. 2026
The agency also learned that DOGE members used the unapproved third-party server Cloudflare to share data.
—Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 22 Jan. 2026
The Social Security data in question was allegedly shared via an unapproved third-party server named Cloudflare, unbeknownst to the SSA.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 20 Jan. 2026
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Bruce Martin, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
From March 7 to 17, the new filing acknowledged that SSA DOGE employees were using links to share data through an unapproved third-party server.
—Stephen Fowler, NPR, 23 Jan. 2026
The agency also learned that DOGE members used the unapproved third-party server Cloudflare to share data.
—Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 22 Jan. 2026
The Social Security data in question was allegedly shared via an unapproved third-party server named Cloudflare, unbeknownst to the SSA.
—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 20 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile, both Ukrainian and Russian military bloggers reported that unauthorized Starlink satellite communications terminals in use by Russian forces had been disrupted or disconnected, following a public appeal by Kyiv to Starlink producer SpaceX and its owner Elon Musk.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
5 Feb. 2026
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Earn 1% cash back on all other purchases With Zero Liability you won't be held responsible for unauthorized charges made with your card or account information.—
Ryley Amond,
CNBC,
4 Feb. 2026
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Officers found the unlicensed driver, who was behind the wheel of a Nissan passenger vehicle, a short distance away.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
7 Feb. 2026
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Tanya Miller, Hallandale Beach Insensitive and stupid The only result of an English-only driving test will be millions of unlicensed and uninsured drivers on our roads.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Feb. 2026
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When leaders discover unsanctioned AI use, the right response is not to shut it down immediately.—
David Chou,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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The unsanctioned practice is intended to push the city and county toward improving safety infrastructure for pedestrians.—
Austin Turner,
CBS News,
20 Jan. 2026
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The smuggled fungus, Fusarium graminearum, can cause billions in crop losses and is harmful to humans and livestock.—
Tresa Baldas,
Freep.com,
13 Nov. 2025
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Laboratory tests of smuggled samples taken from late Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny show that he was poisoned when he was imprisoned in a Siberian penal colony, his widow Yulia Navalnaya has said.—
Anna Chernova,
CNN Money,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Unapproved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unapproved. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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