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writs

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plural of writ

as in warrants

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No, but the hypothetical certainly warrants more than the ~3-4 paragraphs that each player in this puff piece was given.

— Senior Football, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026
The conspiracy, which originated in social media posts flagged by the FBI, included a floor plan of the school and lists of items to wear during the planned shooting, according to police warrants obtained Tuesday by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

— Taylor Croft, AJC.com, 28 Oct. 2026

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Two days later, the custodian provided nine documents and forwarded 11 emails from the city clerk.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026
Wallace hid the theft by making false entries in the church’s digital bookkeeping records, the agreement and other court documents said.

— Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 29 Oct. 2026

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The synth melody is poignant through the buds, but the upper vocal harmony and some of the upper-register atmospheric instruments are slightly buried.

— Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
The biotech firm offers its lab instruments to help scientists research cancer, immunology and neuroscience.

— Paulina Likos, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026

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More subpoenas were expected, according to the person who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the ongoing probe.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026
The subpoenas were served last week, according to the records, and show the broadening scope of the DOJ’s efforts to pressure California officials ahead of the midterm election.

— Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2026

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Inside was a tumble of papers, some moldy, some with partial footprints, leaves and twigs interspersed among the pages.

— Anja Aronowsky Cronberg, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026
And though papers in Washington State such as the Seattle Times have mentioned the protests, nobody in legacy media is criticizing the boy's participation.

— Matt Calkins OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026

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Their second record is somewhat sleeker—no song surpasses five minutes—but packs considerable emotion into these tighter forms.

— Marissa Lorusso, Pitchfork, 28 Oct. 2026
The report that examined 180,000 programme contributions to UK TV shows compiled via 12,000 diversity forms spotlighted the scale of the improvement required for the industry to reflect the make-up of the UK as a whole.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2026

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