on the case
Example Sentences
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However, a spokesman for the country house, owned by property tycoon Simon Halabi, said its "own Batman team has already been on the case" with surveys and ecological investigations.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Until he decides, keeping Kushner and Witkoff on the case is a waste of jet fuel and time.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
In Massachusetts, Ford took on the case of Vincent Gunning, a Navy veteran and amputee who was being evicted from a home he inherited from his aunt when she died in 2008.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Senior political appointees at DOJ, including Stanley Woodward, the No. 3 official, and Trent McCotter, then an aide to the deputy attorney general, were keeping close tabs on the case, the people said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Alabama’s statute at the time limited what court-appointed lawyers could be paid for their out-of-court preparation time to $1,000, so the lawyer spent almost no time on the case.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
