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The court heard just under £60,000 had so far been refunded to those who bought the fake plans and Hill might also receive a refund due to the publicity of the case.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Having a prenuptial agreement — or, in this case, a postnuptial agreement — would be much preferable to relying on either your friend or her husband keeping their word after the other person dies.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
ThreeW, which recently began commercial operations, sends the power, at market price, straight to the local power grid, in this case Ercot, the Texas grid operator.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
The case unfolded in the long shadow of the O.J.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Dr. Bigelow tackles that question head-on: "The leading feature of this case is its improbability," Dr. Bigelow admits.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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But in many cases, traditional advice no longer applies.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
Although most cases resolve on their own, antibiotics can be given to treat severe or prolonged infections.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
The result, Bernard said, is that “the government will lose more cases as a result of the way the Justice Department is behaving.”
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
States have cited privacy concerns and, in some cases, mistrust about the federal government’s intentions in seeking detailed data about their residents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
We crisscrossed our paths as we circled the viewing cases, our eyes dancing over the gold and silver, the pearls and rubies and sapphires.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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Marinello said the placement of the furniture lift outside the Louvre suggested that the thieves had cased the space ahead of time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025
But since the 1990s, the overwhelming majority of those tampons have come cased in plastic, meaning plastic applicators outnumber plastic straws by an order of magnitude in the municipal waste stream.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
The allegation is one of a slew in a book that exposes painful, intimate — and in some cased contested — details about the lives of Harry and other members of the royal family.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 6, 2023
Some of the meat was now going through a grinder, to be cased and served as sausages for guests to take home.
From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2022
Ishmael stood in the doorway looking out while the sheriff ran a flashlight across everything—the cased sausage beside the binnacle, the short bunk, the ship’s wheel, the battery well.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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She also brought a bullet casing, which she said was one of the items used.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
Like endless, dormant serpents, the colossal concrete casing of the pipelines stretched along the seabed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
It’s unclear whether Combs and Tracy were targeted, or if the suspects were casing homes in the area.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
Police found a damaged wing mirror casing on the road and traced the serial number to Clarke-Samuel's vehicle.
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026
"I'll make a metal casing for it, something that covers both sides. I'll weld it shut so the coin's secure inside."
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
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