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be permitted

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may
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The department would also be permitted to conduct regular audits to flag officers who use the system frequently or conduct unusual searches.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

No fans at all will be permitted at the latter event, and only a few hundred Israelis at the former.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

Khan's personal physician Faisal Sultan, and sister and medical doctor Uzma Khan, "shall be permitted to remain associated with the prisoner's medical examination and treatment".

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

“No other public institution would be permitted to operate in this way.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

“The patient has requested that no one except her parents be permitted access to her. Those are her wishes.”

From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick


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