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• For the first time in Florida, the law tied the right to possess or own a weapon to mental health and spelled out the legal steps to take guns away under certain circumstances.
  — Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 23 Mar. 2024
• The ability to book a flight is a privilege, not a right, and it can be taken away under certain circumstances.
  — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 26 May 2024
• The deal allows Dolan to serve on outside boards under certain circumstances.
  — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 20 June 2024
• Yet our study suggests that moral beliefs may be more flexible than once thought, at least under certain circumstances.
  — Keelah Williams, The Conversation, 21 Feb. 2024
• Apparently, not ones about Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes being madly in love — at least under certain circumstances.
  — Adi Robertson, The Verge, 8 Sep. 2023
• Apple reversed course and allowed parental control apps to use MDM features under certain circumstances and even unbanned some apps.
  — Wes Davis, The Verge, 5 June 2024
• While the sale agreement lets either Twitter or Musk kill the deal and pay a breakup fee of $1 billion under certain circumstances, Musk won't necessarily be able to get out of it for only $1 billion.
  — Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 7 June 2022
• In the case of a fleeing suspect, officers can use deadly force to prevent the person from escaping under certain circumstances.
  — Lea Skene, USA TODAY, 17 May 2023
• Miami-Dade County caps free-standing billboards at 750 square feet, but cities can opt for larger signs under certain circumstances.
  — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 2 Feb. 2024
• People can get specific offenses expunged by the courts under certain circumstances in many states.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 21 July 2023
• Though most of our bodies naturally produce enough melatonin to get adequate sleep each night, some people find the short-term use of melatonin to be helpful under certain circumstances.
  — Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
• It was previously known as the Permanent Early Voting List, but state lawmakers made changes in 2021 that allow a voter to be removed from the list under certain circumstances.
  — The Arizona Republic, 6 June 2024
• Modern pacemakers also contain sensors to predict whether the heart may benefit from a faster heart rate under certain circumstances.
  — Virginia Singla, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2023
• If a bankruptcy can be wiped away after seven years under certain circumstances, why can't an eviction be treated similarly, Brinks asked.
  — Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 6 Apr. 2022
• Technically, Californians can go to the beach and see family now under certain circumstances, but the announcement signals an end date to more than a year of isolation.
  — NBC News, 6 Apr. 2021
• Your landlord does allow dogs under certain circumstances.
  — Ronda Kaysen, New York Times, 14 May 2022
• This does not indicate a specific problem and is just a variation that occurs under certain circumstances with this cultivar.
  — oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2023
• In France, the law allows the sterilization of people with severe mental disabilities under certain circumstances.
  — Sarah Hurtes, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2023
• And media companies and insurers don’t always agree on who should cover what, since there are caveats written into contracts that allow insurers to avoid paying under certain circumstances.
  — Mae Anderson, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2023
• Netanyahu might under certain circumstances be inclined to jettison his radical ministers and reach out to more centrist Israeli parties.
  — Daniel C. Kurtzer, Foreign Affairs, 2 June 2023
• Adel’s office said supervisors could make exceptions to the new policy under certain circumstances.
  — Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic, 8 Oct. 2021
• His comments came hours after the CDC announced that people who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 do not need to wear masks or practice social distancing indoors or outdoors, except under certain circumstances.
  — Paul Leblanc, CNN, 13 May 2021
• The bill also allows the board to remove organizations from the list of groups that contribute board members and choose another organization under certain circumstances.
  — Rebecca Grapevine, The Courier-Journal, 29 Mar. 2024
• That claim appeared to be shaky, however – DeSantis has disavowed support for a bill in the Florida Legislature that would have required bloggers to register under certain circumstances.
  — John D. McKinnon, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2023
• Secretary [Miguel] Cardona ... to compromise, waive or release loans under certain circumstances.
  — Arthur Jones Ii, ABC News, 3 July 2023
• The prosecutor, Bonnie Lindemann, gave no indication that her office is contemplating an attempt to transfer the older girl’s case to adult court, as D.C. law would allow under certain circumstances.
  — Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2021
• Several local and state bar associations have adopted advisory opinions or rules against lawyers using NDAs and a handful of state laws forbid them under certain circumstances.
  — Lewis Kamb, NBC News, 14 June 2024
• Most state eugenic laws were repealed by the 1970s, but non-consensual sterilizations continued under certain circumstances.
  — Emma Peterson and Daniel Martinez Hosang / Made By History, TIME, 20 June 2024
• However, that presumption can be overridden and even reversed under certain circumstances.
  — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 5 Feb. 2024
• The judicial doctrine, which allows state and local officials to be immune from federal civil rights lawsuits under certain circumstances, is regularly invoked in courtrooms across the nation.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 23 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 25 Aug 2024