guilty
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The local authority was also awarded £10,000 in costs after Lowe was found guilty of contempt for failing to comply with the court's order following a trial at Nottingham County Court on 18 May.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
On Tuesday, the Texas jury reached a guilty verdict in less than three hours.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
U.S. citizen Thomas Pauken II pleaded guilty to acting as an unregistered Chinese agent, having received at least $100,000 for recruiting informants, providing communication devices, and relaying intelligence to handlers in China.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Zimmer: I can barely watch one on an iPad because I still feel guilty about not getting the full effect.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
He felt a little guilty that he’d never studied the survivors list the way they had, that he hadn’t made a single phone call to any of the other kids.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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