decreed
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Tina Peters deserved to go to jail but not for nine years, a panel of judges decreed, ordering her resentencing.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026
Interim president Delcy Rodriguez, a staunch defender of Maduro who took over after his ouster, decreed seven days of mourning for those killed in the January 3 attack.
From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026
Apparently fate has decreed that I will go around looking to cameras, but not to humans, like I’ve just been stunned.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025
A spokesperson from the Municipal Council of Mourão decreed two days of mourning from Sunday, following the incident.
From BBC • Aug. 10, 2025
Lawrence had decreed that the electrical field that delivered the sequential jolts to the spiraling protons should be present only in the gap between the two dees.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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