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courtroom

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




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By the time his inquest opened in November 2025, they were one of several legal teams in the courtroom.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

But while O’Donnell’s return provided the cultural fireworks, the real earthquake was happening inside a federal courtroom.

From Salon Aug. 20, 2026

The case in Menendez’s courtroom was a bit different.

From Slate Aug. 20, 2026

Flores had pleaded not guilty at his arraignment in a downtown courtroom last week, with a team of high-powered lawyers in tow.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

The four boys are hustled into the courtroom.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

There is no oak panelling, no green leather-bound legal textbooks like the courtrooms you see on TV dramas.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

Witkoff became one of the people who traveled with Trump, showing up not only in courtrooms but seemingly at every important event.

From Slate Jul. 22, 2026

And more courtrooms are turning to real-time speech-to-text tools, often to fill in when a human stenographer isn’t available.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 13, 2026

These findings came from Silicon Valley De-Bug, a community organization whose members spent years watching what happens in arraignment courtrooms.

From Los Angeles Times May 6, 2026

There were two different judges and courtrooms involved, but we felt if we won release for one it might then become easier to win release for the other.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson




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