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= Solution

For every real $\lambda$, positivity of quadratic variation gives
$$
0\leq[M+\lambda N]_t
=[M]_t+2\lambda[M,N]_t+\lambda^2[N]_t.
$$
The discriminant of this quadratic is nonpositive, so
$$
|[M,N]_t|\leq\sqrt{[M]_t[N]_t}.
$$
Continuity lets the almost-sure assertion hold simultaneously for every $t$.

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