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Recent Examples of swear in
In 2008, months before he was sworn in to his San Diego council seat, the city Ethics Commission fined DeMaio $1,500 for wrongly soliciting donations from city employees.
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Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
Within hours of Trump being sworn in office in January, Milley’s portrait as chairman of the Joint Chiefs was removed from the Pentagon.
—Tara Copp, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2025
Crawford is to be sworn in on Aug. 1, to serve a term of ten years.
—Anya Van Wagtendonk, NPR, 1 Apr. 2025
The motion, in less than a page, requests that Cannone set guidelines for examining both the criminal records and internet and social media searches for potential jurors before they are sworn in.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 1 Apr. 2025
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Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
Within hours of Trump being sworn in office in January, Milley’s portrait as chairman of the Joint Chiefs was removed from the Pentagon.
—Tara Copp, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2025
Crawford is to be sworn in on Aug. 1, to serve a term of ten years.
—Anya Van Wagtendonk, NPR, 1 Apr. 2025
The motion, in less than a page, requests that Cannone set guidelines for examining both the criminal records and internet and social media searches for potential jurors before they are sworn in.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swear in
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An official familiar with the matter confirmed to ABC News that days after Vance's visit, Col. Sussanah Meyers wrote an email to base personnel that distanced the base from some of the vice president's comments about Denmark, of which Greenland is a semi-autonomous territory.—
Luis Martinez,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2025
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He was pronounced dead by a physician at 6:05 p.m., the South Carolina Department of Corrections confirmed to CBS News.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2025
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The wall-mount toilet is easy to install.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
12 Apr. 2025
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This system is much easier to install than the sewage ejector pump and pit.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
12 Apr. 2025
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Businesses are wary of making those investments, citing uncertainty in operating conditions initiated by Trump’s tariff push, which has been rolled out in fits and starts.—
Tobias Burns,
The Hill,
17 Apr. 2025
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The recall, initiated by Blooming Import Inc. in Brooklyn, New York, affects 74 cases of Golden Crop Candy, which included the dyes Blue 1, Red 40 and Acid Red 18, which were not listed on the product label.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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After affirming his commitment to cooperating with the investigation, protecting Jewish students and protecting free speech, Wood referenced the protest.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacramento Bee,
24 Mar. 2025
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At the same time with all of this, box office sources, not just Disney, affirm that Snow White played evenly across the country.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
23 Mar. 2025
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Addressing this issue requires a fundamental shift in how training data is collected and validated. 2.—
Rahul Saluja,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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Some shared their own experiences validating the usefulness of pre-wedding intel.—
Arick Wierson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Apr. 2025
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The House voted Tuesday to effectively kill a discharge petition championed by Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida that forced a vote on a measure that would have permitted remote voting for new parents.—
Caitlin Yilek,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2025
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Under former trade agreements, China committed to releasing 34 foreign films per year under revenue-share terms, with overseas studios permitted to a 25 percent share of ticket sales.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Apr. 2025
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Despite legal challenges to these job cuts, estimates suggest that hundreds of thousands have been let go across numerous agencies as a result of the department's actions.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Apr. 2025
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With two outs in the bottom of the ninth in San Francisco on Tuesday, Francona, the Cincinnati Reds’ manager, let Hunter Greene chase his first career nine-inning shutout.—
Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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The ceremony to inaugurate the star was shielded from public view and briefly disrupted by a confrontation between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian demonstrators, according to Variety.—
Philissa Cramer,
Sun Sentinel,
19 Mar. 2025
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The Executive Order also called for the report to identify how many people from said countries had entered the United States since Biden was inaugurated as President.—
Rebecca Schneid,
TIME,
15 Mar. 2025
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