as in decided
to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute)
the coach ruled on the question of whether an off-campus bar fight ought to disqualify someone from the team
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So last Monday, after scrolling through news of the government shutdown and with nothing else planned for the day, the couple decided to fire up their Pit Boss pellet grill and feed anyone who was hungry, no questions asked.—
Sean Clancy,
Arkansas Online,
9 Nov. 2025 -
One such angel, however, decided to rebel against this way of life.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Nov. 2025
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At this time, there is no data on the containment status of the fire and the cause has yet to be determined.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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Investigators determined that four teenage boys were waiting for a bus at the Transit Mall when they were accosted by two young adult men wearing ski masks and dark clothing.—
Carlos E. Castañeda,
CBS News,
6 Jan. 2026
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But friends who settled in America urged them to move across the Atlantic, where the training facilities were better and the opportunity for ice time aplenty.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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And Akrivos told me that in the late nineteenth century, pockets of socialist German immigrants settled in the area.—
Naaman Zhou,
New Yorker,
6 Jan. 2026
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The success or failure of this season was always going to be judged in the playoffs.—
Jeff Zrebiec,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2026
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No one likes dry cake—not at home, not in a restaurant or from a bakery, not at the bake sale, and certainly not at a church supper where cakes are judged so competitively against each other.—
Anne Byrn,
Southern Living,
4 Jan. 2026
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“Ruled (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ruled%20%28on%29. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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