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courtroom

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




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The hearing featured lengthy debates over the admissibility of evidence - with media lawyers and Kirk representatives arguing passionately for everything to be displayed publicly or at least in the courtroom.

From BBC • Jul. 11, 2026

Hannah Dugan was convicted of improperly directing a defendant in her courtroom away from ICE officers seeking to detain him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 8, 2026

Television channel T24 said on X that the 55-year-old politician, considered to be the main opposition challenger to Turkey's veteran President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, had been "expelled from the courtroom... for disrupting order and discipline".

From Barron's • Jul. 8, 2026

But if you were sitting in the courtroom, you found out about Slaughter first, then found out about Cook’s weird carve-out later.

From Slate • Jul. 6, 2026

An even bigger crowd waited outside on the courtroom steps and on the sidewalk below—more supporters, more reporters aiming microphones and cameras.

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




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