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Recent Examples of writThat indie spirit is writ large in btf’s work, which spans talkshows, docs, films, drama and music videos.—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 29 May 2025 The love the filmmaker has for his characters and their community writ large was infectious.—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 12 June 2025 But overplaying concerns about pesticides or additives does little more than discredit the food system writ large and suggest women find other solutions that may not be as feasible, affordable, or even safe.—Erica Sloan, SELF, 10 June 2025 Many of the legal cases involving the Alien Enemies Act are brought under writs of habeas corpus—the right of detainees to challenge the legality of their detention.—Nik Popli, Time, 16 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for writ
According to an arrest warrant first reported by The Washington Post, Miami police responded after receiving reports of gunshots outside the event, which featured influencer Adin Ross.
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Matt Moret,
New York Times,
27 June 2025
On June 26, 1975, Agents Williams and Coler were at the reservation to serve warrants for robbery and assault, according to the F.B.I., when a shoot-out ensued.
During Sunday's ceremony, hundreds of red-robed monks and nuns joined the celebration as Tibetan musicians played traditional instruments and senior lamas struck cymbals in his honor.
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Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 July 2025
Notably, the coalition intends to support at least a dozen countries by 2036 and contribute to at least 5 global policy instruments within the same period.
Of those taken into custody, 11 were given summonses, cops said.
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Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
24 June 2025
A question of intent About 10 months later, troopers returned to Whittier and issued court summonses to Pese, eight other relatives and one man who was not related but came from the same American Samoa village as Pese.
Android tablets are also more appropriate for storing documents, photos, and other files than smart TVs are.
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ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
5 July 2025
In 1966: President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Freedom of Information Act into law, which allows the American public to request and access federal agency records and documents save for exemptions pertaining to national security and personal privacy.
While traditional arrest warrants require an ascertainment that there is evidence a crime may have been committed, Peterson's capias warrant stems from his failure to appear in court over the issues.
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Gord Magill,
Newsweek,
20 Dec. 2024
She was arrested and jailed on a civil order called a capias for repeatedly refusing Moukawsher’s orders requiring her to cooperate with a trustee appointed to close her law practice and prohibiting her from withdrawing money from a client account.
But even if the numbers themselves are taken with a pinch of salt, the authors of the paper argue, the results as a whole still point in an ominous direction.
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Billy Perrigo,
Time,
1 July 2025
What seemed to me like a slightly boring menu on paper was anything but.
The subpoenas were granted for a boxing trainer who knew Kohberger as a teenager, a childhood acquaintance of Kohberger's and a third man whose significance was not explained.
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CBS News,
CBS News,
30 June 2025
The judge declared the current subpoena invalid but gave Kohberger's lawyers a chance to amend it.
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Michael Ruiz , Kailey Schuyler,
FOXNews.com,
30 June 2025
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