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inquest

[in-kwest] / ˈɪn kwɛst /


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A re-inspection was scheduled for May 2024, but this did not take place because of prioritising other inspections, the inquest heard.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

Her sister told the inquest she had "flourished into a loving and independent young woman".

From BBC • May 5, 2026

The inquest at Cumbria Coroner's Court heard the teenager joined BAE Systems in 2023.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

Harry Gargan, brother of 13-year-old Margaret Gargan, told the inquest she had been helping to set up a bingo night at the local community centre on the night of the shootings, on 9 July 1972.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Mathis, the Big Hill Trading Company owner and the guardian of Anna Brown and her mother, was a member of the inquest into Brown’s murder that failed to turn up the bullet.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann




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