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courtroom

[kawrt-room, -room, kohrt-] / ˈkɔrtˌrum, -ˌrʊm, ˈkoʊrt- /




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Spectators sat transfixed in Courtroom One of the Ronald V. Dellums federal courthouse as witnesses painted a world of robots that can solve Rubik’s Cubes, eye-popping fortunes and worries over possibly unleashing a doomsday beast.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

One sunny Tuesday in May, I squeezed into the back of Courtroom 8D at the Brooklyn federal courthouse, taking one of the few seats left unfilled.

From Slate • Dec. 12, 2024

Courtroom testimony during a preliminary hearing last month showed that the allegedly confidential records in question were actually court records.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2024

Inside Courtroom 2, with its floor-to-ceiling glass dock, an extra usher has been drafted in to help, and the press benches are packed.

From BBC • Aug. 6, 2024

Courtroom artists complained that his restless gestures in the witness box made it impossible to get a good sketch.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin




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