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subpoenaed

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past tense of subpoena

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Recent Examples of subpoenaed Swift was subpoenaed in Baldoni’s lawsuit against Lively last May, but his lawyers later withdrew the subpoena. — Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026 Baldoni’s team also previously subpoenaed Swift for communications, though that subpoena was later withdrawn. — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025

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The filing also cited another instance in which Miller allegedly sent harassing emails to other lawyers that had represented Moreno, 32, in the past.

— Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026
The charging document also cited one of the many messages Dumarce sent to Cole, including some previously cited by Cole that included threats with pictures of her children.

— Margaret Baker, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026

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Five performers meet onstage after that presiding voice dissipates, as if summoned by it.

— Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 25 July 2026
By far the most effective and moving parts of Common Knowledge are the performer’s account of the day in 1973 when, at 10 years old, she was summoned home from a neighbor’s house and told by her father that her ailing mother had died.

— Greg Evans, Deadline, 25 July 2026

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So on Thursday, a small group of a little more than two dozen environmental justice advocates convened in Oakland to march to Wicks’ district office and present her staff with a letter asking the lawmaker to back Senate Bill 954.

— Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026
Thursday's hearing had a few awkward moments that were perhaps fitting for a federal court that has never before convened in history.

— Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 30 July 2026

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Twice during Tuesday’s hearing lawmakers asked Kozak whether the State Department had been consulted before Noem ended Haiti’s TPS designation, as required by statute.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
In fact, when asked why humility seems to be such a common denominator among elite performers, Hawk immediately connected it to curiosity.

— Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

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Partnership with Gates Bar-B-Q That decision unexpectedly led to a conversation with George and Doris Gates, who invited Thomas to consider opening inside Gates Plaza.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
We got married at Lake Garda in Italy and invited about 90 guests.

— Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026

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An alleged child-abuse drama which cleverly plays with audiences own sense of prejudice, the work is hailed in its native Catalonia as a modern Catalan classic.

— John Hopewell, Variety, 21 July 2026
She was hailed as a natural politician, a performer from a young age who had starred in music and theater productions.

— Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026

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Two-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle Vita Vea has requested a trade from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as contract extension talks have stalled.

— Mike Jones, New York Times, 27 July 2026
Her clients had long requested small units for peptides, beauty products, and fertility treatments, but GLP-1s have made the case even more compelling.

— Elyse Moody, Architectural Digest, 27 July 2026

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