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How to use the word authorities in a Sentence?

Sample usage from literary quotes and the newswire.

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The authorities are abandoning the population.

Pierre Espérance

Found on New York Times
8 months ago

The Chinese government is trying to turn Hainan Island into a fully ‘open’ zone, however, the statement by Hainan authorities underscores the arbitrary nature of Chinese laws even regarding multi-million-yuan private bosses.

Willy Lam

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Maybe today the situation is less critical than in 2015, but that the tragedy … is the result of a weakness or ineffectiveness in the decision making process both in Italy and in Europe, whose responsibility is it to rescue people lost at sea, who is monitoring the process and making the decisions? In doing this, authorities, and we all, should always keep in mind that the main issue at stake here is very immediate and clear: saving human lives.

Daniele Fiorentino

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Vietnam’s authorities systematically trample on human rights by punishing brave bloggers like Nguyen Lan Thang for expressing their views about the government.

Phil Robertson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The authorities don’t want people talking about him, and the last thing they want is a solidarity campaign (to call for his release).

Eric Liu

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I’ve been in touch with officials for updates and to direct any available resources we can, as we learn more, please follow the guidance of all local authorities.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I am opposed to Congress sunsetting any military force authorizations in the Middle East. Our terrorist enemies aren’t sunsetting their war against us, and when we deploy our service members in harm’s way, we need to supply them with all the support and legal authorities that we can.

Mitch McConnell

Found on CNN
1 year ago

They claim that Germany is still an occupied country under US control, or a business enterprise registered in Frankfurt, from such fictitious ‘facts’ they derive both a ‘right’ not to pay taxes and penalties, or to establish ‘provisional political authorities.’.

Werner Patzelt

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The hierarchy of claims remains applicable in the EU… there is no way that shareholders can be paid and AT1 holders [are] paid zero, the decision taken by the Swiss authorities is really very strange.

David Benamou

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The move by US authorities is a sign that they are responding quickly, whereas Europe has still to respond.

Chris Beauchamp

Found on CNN
1 year ago

They threaten to marginalize and discredit critical voices in the country. This threat is real, under the disguise of transparency, the latest statements by the Georgian authorities strongly suggest that if adopted, the law will be weaponized to further stigmatize and penalize independent groups, media and critical voices in the country.

Giorgi Gogia

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Georgia’s international and bilateral partners have been very clear that adopting a ‘foreign agent’ bill would be inconsistent with Georgia’s stated commitments to human rights and its Euro-Atlantic aspirations, i hope the Georgian authorities would heed to the warning and instead of passing the bills that would clearly impede the work of independent groups and media, they should ensure safe and enabling environment for civil society in the country.

Giorgi Gogia

Found on CNN
1 year ago

What is the likely intent of the authorities in levying such a serious and severe charge? It seems to be pretty clear that what they’re trying to do is to deter additional destruction of property and perhaps injury to persons.

Ronald Carlson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Given the presumption that they are American citizens, a line of direct communication was established with US authorities to exchange information and dedicated to locating them. These communications are being carried out at the highest level between the State Government, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the United States Embassy in Mexico.

Barrios Mojica

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We are prepared to use the full scope of our authorities to enforce the law—especially against those who have continued to violate the law after being warned by the agency.

The FDA

Found on CNN
1 year ago

(That) is my biggest fear here in the United States, that they will deport us, (That) they (US immigration authorities) will say, ‘Your case is not good enough to get political asylum.’.

Courstesy Mikhail Manzurin Fearing Mikhail

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We stand with Sonny and once again call on the social media companies and authorities to take action.

Tottenham Hotspur

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The context for that was, it would put some things on station in the event that a decision was made to bring this down while it was over Montana, so we wanted to make sure we were coordinating with civil authorities to empty out the airspace around that potential area.

United States

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We’ve watched so many of these cases over the last several years, and when( law enforcement authorities) come forward and when they’re transparent and they provide information to the community, we typically see a very peaceful response.

Emmitt Martin III

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We do not know who the author or authors of this despicable act are, but their anonymity does not help them avoid responsibility. We hope that the authorities manage to clear up the circumstances and that justice helps to banish these types of behaviors.

Real Madrid

Found on CNN
1 year ago

All of us in this room and in our country understand this violence must stop, and President Biden and I and our administration will continue to provide full support to the local authorities as we learn more.

Kamala Harris

Found on CNN
1 year ago

And President Biden and I and our administration will continue to provide full support to the local authorities as we learn more.

Joe Biden

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Marvel’s reentry into China after a de facto ban of [more than] three years by Chinese authorities is especially significant given the backdrop against which it is happening, not only is China facing increasing economic headwinds at home, but also a more challenging external environment, driven by growing communication and trust gaps with the West.

Alfredo Montufar-Helu

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The problem is that it’s not just so far away, but it’s international. There’s a language barrier. We’re dealing with the French judiciary system, it was on water, and it was a maritime type of an incident, so you have many different agencies and authorities trying to coordinate this effort.

John Danian

Found on CNN
1 year ago

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