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Recent Examples of drumhead court-martial
And men like Lang Long, a Cambodian who was trafficked and sold into the Thai fishing industry, are modern-day Billy Budds in a system that lacks even the rough justice of a drumhead court-martial.
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Alyssa Rosenberg, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2019
Alyssa Rosenberg, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drumhead court-martial
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The ensign, who had neglected to check the tides before entering the harbor, immediately reported his failure to his superiors, who fired him and hauled him before a court-martial.—
Davis Winkie,
USA Today,
14 Oct. 2025
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Pedro Angel Ruiz, 29, faces a court-martial.—
Dennis Romero,
NBC news,
27 Aug. 2025
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Mississippi's appeal is the fourth case the high court agreed to hear this term that could affect future elections.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
10 Nov. 2025
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But after the Supreme Court issued the administrative stay that allowed the USDA to pause SNAP allocations, pending its appeal to the high court, the funding situation for states became significantly murkier.—
Arpan Lobo,
Freep.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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The extradition was expected after Colombia’s supreme court last month gave its blessing.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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The current congressional map has not been reviewed by the state’s supreme court, of which the majority of justices were appointed by Republicans, and Democrats would like to keep it that way.—
Molly Parks,
The Washington Examiner,
29 Oct. 2025
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Usually a last resort, the public nuisance investigation allows the Davidson County District Attorney's Office to bring these actions to criminal court, despite the complaint itself being civil in nature, Aaron said.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
24 Oct. 2025
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Cindy Rodriguez-Singh, the Everman mother accused of killing her 6-year-old developmentally disabled son, appeared in a Tarrant County criminal court Thursday morning for an early pre-trial hearing.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Drumhead court-martial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drumhead%20court-martial. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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