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But with the World Cup and Olympics coming soon — events that will require coordination with the feds — the chief has been choosing his words carefully.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2026

Since then, a settler organization has been choosing families to sue, claiming that these families should be evicted.

From Slate • May 19, 2021

Taiwan has been choosing its national leaders through free and direct elections since 1996.

From Washington Post • Jan. 12, 2020

The most controversy Ho-Sang has generated so far in the N.H.L. has been choosing to wear No. 66, which has been worn by only one other N.H.L. player since Lemieux retired in 2006.

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2017

"Her ladyship has been choosing her costume, my lady," she explained, as she closed some of the volumes.

From The Marriage of William Ashe by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.