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substitutions

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Recent Examples of substitutions Each team is allowed five substitutions per match, plus an extra substitution if the match goes into extra time. — Irene Wright, USA Today, 9 June 2026

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Their replacements, which include Ross Douthat and contributors like Ariel Levy and Sebastian Junger, have top-shelf backgrounds, but also little experience working on a weekly TV program that emphsizes long-form enterprise journalism.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026
The vehicles will serve as one-for-one replacements for conventional trucks.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026

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Multiple responses accuse the CFTC of not understanding basic parts of the Commodity Exchange Act, the law that gives the agency its authority over swaps.

— Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 8 Oct. 2026
That court classified Kalshi’s sports prediction contracts as swaps rather than bets governed by state gambling laws.

— Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026

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One of the sharpest exchanges came during a dispute over Flock Safety surveillance cameras.

— Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026
The court documents also include screenshots of text message exchanges between Berry and Martinez and an email from their son’s school about his disruptive behavior days after the alleged incident.

— Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026

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