death warrant
Example Sentences
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Critics say this mothballing will amount to a death warrant, and have asked San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors to give the fountain another chance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026
Crucially, it grants the governor great latitude in selecting to whom he will issue a death warrant.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2025
By the time the death warrant is officially signed, the hockey team patient, and even die-hard fans, usually have long since come to terms with that mortality.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 11, 2024
But the 36-year-old business manager, from Manchester, signed his own death warrant on last night's episode when he was banished from the castle after a standoff with a fellow traitor.
From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2024
One of them spoke as though he read from a death warrant.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
