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Recent Examples of subpoenaedSwift 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22 Jan. 2026 Baldoni’s team also previously subpoenaed Swift for communications, though that subpoena was later withdrawn.—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025
The couple was last seen together on surveillance footage at a Beaver Dam Kwik Trip on March 29, 2025, according to a criminal complaint cited by WISC.
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Angelique Brenes,
PEOPLE,
20 May 2026
The late New Yorker writer Donald Barthleme, an absurdist, is often cited as an example.
Messier addresses the mess Prior to practice the next day at Rye Playland, Keenan summoned a select group of Rangers beat writers into his office and asked them to turn off their tape recorders.
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Vincent Z. Mercogliano,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
Within hours of Ben-Gvir releasing the videos, Canada, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands had summoned Israel’s ambassadors to seek an explanation for the treatment of their citizens.
City officials requested to extend X Street’s lease about three to five years, wrote Caltrans spokesperson Dennis Keaton.
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Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
15 May 2026
Brown’s attorney, Mark Eiglarsh, requested that Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Marisa Tinkler Mendez hold Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu in contempt of court after Nantambu did not appear for a Zoom deposition on Wednesday.