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enchainment

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Some were written by people who experienced enslavement, others were dictated, and some were preserved through oral traditions.

— Reginald David, Hartford Courant, 16 Aug. 2026
While Homer followed warriors sailing home from Troy, the playwright Euripides — writing some three centuries later — turned to the city’s ruins and its women, forced into exile and enslavement.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026

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Those restrictions formally sunset in 2022, but so far only Sony has done a major deal for cinemas, acquiring all 35 Alamo Drafthouse locations in 2024.

— Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
And at the state level, Assemblymember Diane Papan (D-San Mateo) in February introduced AB 2595, which would allow San Mateo County to impose age restrictions for e-bike riders under 12 years old in its jurisdiction.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

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After being released from prison into in-home confinement in December, Shah has officially completed her federal sentence.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
After his original arrest by the Mokena Police Department, Alsaidi was ordered released on conditions of electronic monitoring and home confinement by Will County Judge Theodore Jarz.

— Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2026

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Bonnell also uses a belt drive as standard equipment for quieter, lower-maintenance operation, with an optional 520 chain conversion available for riders who prefer a more traditional setup.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2026
Raven-Flint wants to eliminate elemental fluorine The more unusual part of the company’s approach is its Corvus Route, a proprietary uranium conversion process designed to eliminate elemental fluorine gas from the production chain.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2026

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Since my incarceration nearly six months ago, my metamorphosis has accelerated with new meaning.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2026
Simply having charges filed can mean a job loss, losing custody of kids, incarceration for months or years waiting for a trial, financial hardship and stigma.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026

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During his captivity, his siblings organized weekly jam sessions in his honor at Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square.

— Bianna Golodryga, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026
Rachel and her husband Jon worked tirelessly to bring Hersh and the other hostages home, but on the 328th day of his captivity, Hersh was executed in a tunnel in Gaza.

— Will Croxton, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026

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At coarser levels, CBS detects and matches SIFT features while using epipolar constraints to estimate horizontal and vertical disparities.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026
Huang said that if not for these constraints, revenue growth next year would be even greater.

— Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026

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