Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for writs
Noun
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Under the agreement, the Homeland Security money will continue at current levels for two weeks while lawmakers consider Democratic demands to unmask agents, require more warrants and allow local authorities to help investigate any incidents.—
MARY CLARE JALONICK,
Arkansas Online,
30 Jan. 2026 -
Meanwhile, the Justice Department petitioned a federal appeals court to force the judge to issue arrest warrants for Lemon and four other people.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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Among the documents is an email exchange from 2009 in which Mandelson, while serving as business secretary in Brown’s government, appeared to leak to Epstein detailed policy measures that the cabinet was considering in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
3 Feb. 2026
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Following her termination, Wise filed a lawsuit against the county alleging libel, wrongful termination and tortious interference, according to court documents.—
Kyle Werner,
Des Moines Register,
3 Feb. 2026
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As of Thursday morning, 1,200 summonses were issued for failure to shovel sidewalks.—
Tony Aiello,
CBS News,
29 Jan. 2026
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The department started issuing warnings for noncompliant buildings last April but was only sending summonses to those that had more than 30 apartments and exceeded four warnings.—
Clio Chang,
Curbed,
21 Jan. 2026
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Learning to play guitar on acoustic instruments handmade by a local luthier.—
Scott Eden,
Rolling Stone,
1 Feb. 2026
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The report said that a thrust reverser indicator light wasn’t working before takeoff, but after the plane got into the air, the pilot’s altimeter and some other instruments weren’t working on the left side of the cockpit.—
Josh Funk,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Jan. 2026
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Powell in an unusually blunt video statement said the subpoenas were a pretext to punish the Fed for not cutting rates more quickly.—
Christopher Rugaber,
Fortune,
29 Jan. 2026
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While speaking to reporters later Wednesday, Powell was asked if the Fed had responded to the subpoenas.—
Dan Mangan,Eamon Javers,
CNBC,
28 Jan. 2026
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United States citizens are carrying papers to prove their citizenship.—
Joe Walsh,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Which draws the attention of another ghost, a French man with a stack of papers documenting the man’s sins.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
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Emerging voices and such big names as Tilda Swinton, The Secret Agent director and Oscar contender Kleber Mendonça Filho, and John Lithgow will come together in the Dutch city for a celebration of film in a wide variety of genres and forms.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Jan. 2026
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However, its main protection was the cabins’ rounded forms.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Jan. 2026
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