received

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India has also received three shipments of crude oil from Iran, according to a local Iranian diplomatic mission—the first such transfers in years after sanctions suffocated trade between the two countries.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

Two Met Police officers involved in the search were dismissed without notice for gross misconduct, while a third received a final written warning.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

One of them mentioned, almost in passing, that his father, a retired dentist, had recently received an unsolicited mailing inviting him to invest in a private-credit fund.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

She received an explicit endorsement from Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

The students who didn’t make it through the Academy for one reason or another received the same thing, and I’d always wondered what that would be like.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin