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Defy your confines; don't let confinements define you. – Aloo Denish Obiero	added by Aloo-Denish 12 days ago
Many states naively or some other way went about legalizing sports betting without adequately estimating the costs on problem gambling resources, there is more that state lawmakers can do within the confines of commercial speech restrictions. – John Holden	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The New York City Police Department is asking for the public's assistance in ascertaining the whereabouts and identity of three individuals depicted in the attached photo and video in connection to an assault that occurred within the confines of the 102nd Precinct. – New York	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
When we leave the confines of our homes, we are able to see our partners in different lights, when my husband and I went on our first date night months after Covid began, I was reminded of how charismatic he is as he interacted with our servers and chatted with people at a neighboring table. It was a part of him I hadn't gotten to see in months, and I was reminded of who he is other than a husband and a father. – Hanna Basel	Found on CNN 1 year ago
If Iran does comes back to the table, whenever they come back to the seventh round, and put on the table issues that clearly go beyond the confines of the JCPOA, and that's sort of what we're hearing, I mean we may be wrong, but that's what we're hearing, then we're prepared to have a negotiation about a different kind of deal, a deal that would address more issues than the JCPOA. But Iran is gon na have to make a choice and it can't have it both ways. It can't say that the US has to give more than the JCPOA and Iran is going to give only what the JCPOA requires, or perhaps even less. – Robert Malley	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I just want to take a moment to remind everyone the Houston Police Department supports First Amendment rights and supports public assembly, but it has to be done in a safe manner, and it has to be done within the confines and within the scope of the laws. – Texas Tribune	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Many infectious disease experts will say that if you can eliminate facial hair, or if you can at least trim it just so it fits within the confines of the mask, then that's advisable, there have to be solutions for people where that's not an option. And that's something that, as medical providers, we need to address. – Mona Gohara	Found on CNN 3 years ago
When names like Kansas City Chiefs are used, Kansas City Chiefs makes that culture a stereotype, it confines it to a caricature that really doesn't express the fullness of Indigenous peoples' culture. – Kate Finn	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Whether you like it or not, when youve decided to take on this career choice to be a part of the thespian community if you have some success in it, you do have a platform, Regina King said. And I love being a Black woman. I loved being a Black girl. I love being American and its important that people see all of those things together. LOUISVILLE AGREES TO $ 12M SETTLEMENT WITH BREONNA TAYLORS FAMILY, PLEDGES POLICE REFORM Added the If Beale Street Could Talk actress : When you have the platform to celebrate that, when you have the platform to remind those that tend to look past Black girls, Black women and you have the opportunity to celebrate, Im repeating myself, but I will do it a million times over you take it, you seize it. And so when I saw my sister Uzo [ Aduba ] had on the same shirt, it just was a confirmation that this was right. Regina King told reporters that accepting Regina King Emmy win from the confines of her home gave her more jitters than she would have on stageand lamented the fact that Regina King couldnt share the honor with Regina King cast and crew. Regina King. ( ABC via Getty Images) I think my nerves are more jittery here at home. – Regina King	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I've decided I can't put that part of my life on hold. I need sex, I want to be in a relationship and who knows how long this will last, you learn to navigate that within the confines of Covid. – Jackie Bryant	Found on CNN 3 years ago
The logistics of being able to transport students with those kinds of confines means that I would need basically six buses to complete a single bus route, that certainly is problematic for us. Number one, we don't have the additional buses, and even if we did, I don't have enough drivers for the additional buses. – Grand Rapids.Superintendent Ron Wilson	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Feeding yourself lies or half-truths will lead to the forming of a reality that doesn’t actually exist past the confines of your psyche. – Oscar Auliq-Ice	added by Auliq-Ice 4 years ago
To implement the president's G20 summit directive two weeks ago, Commerce will issue licenses where there is no threat to U.S. national security, within those confines, we will try to make sure that we don't just transfer revenue from the U.S. to foreign firms. – Wilbur Ross	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Within those confines, we will try to make sure that we don't just transfer revenue from the U.S. to foreign firms. – Wilbur Ross	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Within the confines of law, The Chinese government has taken steps to crack down on ethnic separatist activities and violent terrorist crimes to safeguard national security and life and property of the people. – Yang Jiechi	Found on CNN 5 years ago
You ought to be able to live your life in the confines of your own home. – Marge Romero	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
I think about the close-knit confines of judicial chambers, you have a brand-spanking-new lawyer out of law school...( who) regards the federal judge that he or she works for as part of the pantheon of demigods. – Matt Cartwright	Found on CNN 6 years ago
Provided you do it with an experienced practitioner, Botox has very little risk within the confines of the normal dosages. – Raffy Karamanoukian	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
We're doing what we can within the confines of a small government agency that is restricted in our resources. – John Smith	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
There are certainly members of the Muslim Brotherhood who are in prison, who are facing trial for having perpetrated actions or activities that are not within the confines of the law, we are doing so in the context of a judicial system without any resort to any extra-judicial measures. – Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The court is no doubt concerned by what has happened and the seriousness of the offense, but the court is also helpless because they have to stay within the confines of the act and the rules and the law. – Anil Soni	Found on CNN 8 years ago
We believe in the rule of the law. So even if the athletes have genuine cases, they must operate within the confines of the law, not through the law of the jungle. – Sports Gordon Oluoch	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We want to discuss the issues raised by the athletes to see if we can resolve the matter, we believe in the rule of the law. So even if the athletes have genuine cases, they must operate within the confines of the law, not through the law of the jungle. – Sports Gordon Oluoch	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
This does put a lid on the nuclear program, but we still have a lot of concern about the bad behavior and the actions by Iran which remains the largest state sponsor of terrorism which does go after and undermine governments in the region, that poses an existential threat to Israel, that unfairly, unlawfully confines and tries Americans on trumped up charges, that bad behavior is something we have to address. – Hillary Clinton	Found on CNN 8 years ago

Defy your confines; don't let confinements define you.

– Aloo Denish Obiero

added by Aloo-Denish
12 days ago

Many states naively or some other way went about legalizing sports betting without adequately estimating the costs on problem gambling resources, there is more that state lawmakers can do within the confines of commercial speech restrictions.

– John Holden

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The New York City Police Department is asking for the public's assistance in ascertaining the whereabouts and identity of three individuals depicted in the attached photo and video in connection to an assault that occurred within the confines of the 102nd Precinct.

– New York

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

When we leave the confines of our homes, we are able to see our partners in different lights, when my husband and I went on our first date night months after Covid began, I was reminded of how charismatic he is as he interacted with our servers and chatted with people at a neighboring table. It was a part of him I hadn't gotten to see in months, and I was reminded of who he is other than a husband and a father.

– Hanna Basel

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If Iran does comes back to the table, whenever they come back to the seventh round, and put on the table issues that clearly go beyond the confines of the JCPOA, and that's sort of what we're hearing, I mean we may be wrong, but that's what we're hearing, then we're prepared to have a negotiation about a different kind of deal, a deal that would address more issues than the JCPOA. But Iran is gon na have to make a choice and it can't have it both ways. It can't say that the US has to give more than the JCPOA and Iran is going to give only what the JCPOA requires, or perhaps even less.

– Robert Malley

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I just want to take a moment to remind everyone the Houston Police Department supports First Amendment rights and supports public assembly, but it has to be done in a safe manner, and it has to be done within the confines and within the scope of the laws.

– Texas Tribune

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Many infectious disease experts will say that if you can eliminate facial hair, or if you can at least trim it just so it fits within the confines of the mask, then that's advisable, there have to be solutions for people where that's not an option. And that's something that, as medical providers, we need to address.

– Mona Gohara

Found on CNN
3 years ago

When names like Kansas City Chiefs are used, Kansas City Chiefs makes that culture a stereotype, it confines it to a caricature that really doesn't express the fullness of Indigenous peoples' culture.

– Kate Finn

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Whether you like it or not, when youve decided to take on this career choice to be a part of the thespian community if you have some success in it, you do have a platform, Regina King said. And I love being a Black woman. I loved being a Black girl. I love being American and its important that people see all of those things together. LOUISVILLE AGREES TO $ 12M SETTLEMENT WITH BREONNA TAYLORS FAMILY, PLEDGES POLICE REFORM Added the If Beale Street Could Talk actress : When you have the platform to celebrate that, when you have the platform to remind those that tend to look past Black girls, Black women and you have the opportunity to celebrate, Im repeating myself, but I will do it a million times over you take it, you seize it. And so when I saw my sister Uzo [ Aduba ] had on the same shirt, it just was a confirmation that this was right. Regina King told reporters that accepting Regina King Emmy win from the confines of her home gave her more jitters than she would have on stageand lamented the fact that Regina King couldnt share the honor with Regina King cast and crew. Regina King. ( ABC via Getty Images) I think my nerves are more jittery here at home.

– Regina King

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

I've decided I can't put that part of my life on hold. I need sex, I want to be in a relationship and who knows how long this will last, you learn to navigate that within the confines of Covid.

– Jackie Bryant

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The logistics of being able to transport students with those kinds of confines means that I would need basically six buses to complete a single bus route, that certainly is problematic for us. Number one, we don't have the additional buses, and even if we did, I don't have enough drivers for the additional buses.

– Grand Rapids.Superintendent Ron Wilson

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Feeding yourself lies or half-truths will lead to the forming of a reality that doesn’t actually exist past the confines of your psyche.

– Oscar Auliq-Ice

added by Auliq-Ice
4 years ago

To implement the president's G20 summit directive two weeks ago, Commerce will issue licenses where there is no threat to U.S. national security, within those confines, we will try to make sure that we don't just transfer revenue from the U.S. to foreign firms.

– Wilbur Ross

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Within those confines, we will try to make sure that we don't just transfer revenue from the U.S. to foreign firms.

– Wilbur Ross

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Within the confines of law, The Chinese government has taken steps to crack down on ethnic separatist activities and violent terrorist crimes to safeguard national security and life and property of the people.

– Yang Jiechi

Found on CNN
5 years ago

You ought to be able to live your life in the confines of your own home.

– Marge Romero

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

I think about the close-knit confines of judicial chambers, you have a brand-spanking-new lawyer out of law school...( who) regards the federal judge that he or she works for as part of the pantheon of demigods.

– Matt Cartwright

Found on CNN
6 years ago

Provided you do it with an experienced practitioner, Botox has very little risk within the confines of the normal dosages.

– Raffy Karamanoukian

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

We're doing what we can within the confines of a small government agency that is restricted in our resources.

– John Smith

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

There are certainly members of the Muslim Brotherhood who are in prison, who are facing trial for having perpetrated actions or activities that are not within the confines of the law, we are doing so in the context of a judicial system without any resort to any extra-judicial measures.

– Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The court is no doubt concerned by what has happened and the seriousness of the offense, but the court is also helpless because they have to stay within the confines of the act and the rules and the law.

– Anil Soni

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We believe in the rule of the law. So even if the athletes have genuine cases, they must operate within the confines of the law, not through the law of the jungle.

– Sports Gordon Oluoch

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We want to discuss the issues raised by the athletes to see if we can resolve the matter, we believe in the rule of the law. So even if the athletes have genuine cases, they must operate within the confines of the law, not through the law of the jungle.

– Sports Gordon Oluoch

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This does put a lid on the nuclear program, but we still have a lot of concern about the bad behavior and the actions by Iran which remains the largest state sponsor of terrorism which does go after and undermine governments in the region, that poses an existential threat to Israel, that unfairly, unlawfully confines and tries Americans on trumped up charges, that bad behavior is something we have to address.

– Hillary Clinton

Found on CNN
8 years ago

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