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writs

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plural of writ

as in warrants

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The administration may be negotiating even more stakes under the radar, since SEC filings for unrelated deals mention the possibility of warrants.

— Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2026
The outlet also reported that Marshall's lawyers sought arrest warrants for at least 81 patients who missed their court dates.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026

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The documents also included physical descriptions of the accused.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
The conversational layer may be what a borrower sees, but the difficult work happens deeper in the stack, where documents, rules, calculations, decisions, and transaction states have to remain connected.

— Ethan Stone, Sacbee.com, 22 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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Also Tuesday, Rachel Evans, an attorney in the California secretary of state’s office, wrote in an affidavit that the office since August has received and been complying with grand jury subpoenas for the detailed voter records of about 300 people.

— Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
The subpoenas concern possible obstruction of justice in the handling of cases before federal judges, the source said.

— Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 20 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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But opponents have argued that other forms of infrastructure such as drones or surveillance towers are just as effective and a lot less expensive than the wall plans.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
Most of that evidence comes from studies of clove extracts or concentrated forms, not from a single clove steeped in a mug of coffee.

— Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026

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