federal

Example Sentences

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He has been charged with a federal crime.

From Los Angeles Times

The federal investigators encountered puddles of crude oil on the facility grounds, as well as caustic fumes emanating from the facility, resulting in violations for air quality and other environmental infractions.

From Los Angeles Times

Still more people have been surveilled and captured in DHS databases, with federal agents in some cases holding cellphones inches from their faces to scan their features, or else taking pictures of their license plates.

From Salon

On Friday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News that she had spoken with Patel and that the “full resources and weight of the federal government” were on the ground in Arizona.

From Salon

A federal judge intervened at the last minute, pushing the deadline indefinitely.

From Salon