as in appealing
law
to state the charges against someone who is accused of a crime in a formal procedure before a judge
—usually used as (be) arraigned
He was arraigned on charges of manslaughter.
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Separately, Meta is facing thousands of lawsuits accusing it and other social media companies of intentionally designing their products to be addictive to young people, leading to a nationwide mental health crisis.—
Diana Novak Jones,
USA Today,
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Idris Robinson, assistant professor of philosophy, is accusing school officials of violating his free speech and retaliating against him, according to the lawsuit.—
Alicia Victoria Lozano,
NBC news,
25 Mar. 2026
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Hackers can then use the army of infected computers to launch DDoS attacks, which involve summoning waves of internet traffic to overwhelm a website, app or IP address to try and take them offline.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
20 Mar. 2026
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The Brooklyn psych-folk artist’s 2025 debut, newly reissued by AD 93, is dissonant, ghostly, and otherworldly, summoning complex emotions with sparse tools.—
Vrinda Jagota,
Pitchfork,
19 Mar. 2026
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Jordan said the surveillance program has changed significantly in recent years to add more guardrails for Fourth Amendment protections, citing dozens of reforms enacted by Congress.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
25 Mar. 2026
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Those comments were followed by a report from The New York Times, citing two unnamed officials, suggesting that Washington had sent Iran a 15-point plan to end the war.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
25 Mar. 2026
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TripAdvisor is poised to grow as activist investors step up pressure on the travel booking company to adopt a more fluid, active strategy to fuel growth, according to Bank of America.—
Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
27 Mar. 2026
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In 2026, booking a trip at home or abroad can feel laced with uncertainty.—
Jessica Puckett,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Mar. 2026
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That reality makes the reports of measles inside a federal immigration detention facility in Texas not just alarming, but indicting.—
Krutika Kuppalli,
STAT,
4 Feb. 2026
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The lyrics went beyond Evers’ white-supremacist killer, indicting an entire system that brainwashed poor white Southerners into hatred.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2026
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In 2010, a grand jury indicted former House Speaker Ray Sansom on grand theft and conspiracy charges and issued a 10-page presentment criticizing the Legislature’s appropriations process.—
Lawrence Mower,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Mar. 2026
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Moore also pointed out flaws in facial recognition technology as a whole, criticizing its early, widespread adoption by law enforcement agencies worldwide.—
Neil J. Rubenking,
PC Magazine,
27 Mar. 2026
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Other Democrats have floated the possibility of impeaching Bondi over the handling of the Epstein files.—
Ana Ceballos,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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Some of your colleagues, including Senator Gary Peters, saying that impeaching Noem actually won’t address the root of the problem.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
1 Feb. 2026
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In the interview, Guthrie talked about blaming herself.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
26 Mar. 2026
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The incident took on a life of its own after Ada’s mother and stepfather issued social media statements blaming Roan for the interaction.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
26 Mar. 2026
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