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We’re using incentives, decrees, and tariff discounts to attract new manufacturing plants to produce things like cars and motorcycles within Colombia.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

In her interview with Mr. Varadarajan, Ms. Dhillon frames these consent decrees as onerous regulations that hamstring police.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Then came three fatwas — religious decrees — calling for his death, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2026

“These records can be important for understanding inherited health conditions or for legal purposes. Personal documents such as birth certificates, death certificates, marriage certificates and divorce decrees should be kept indefinitely.”

From MarketWatch • Jan. 27, 2026

It is not known whether she really thought she could go against the decrees of the Fates, which Jupiter himself could not do, but certainly she did her best to drown Aeneas.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton