provisional
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In 2023, judges halted the trial, deeming the wheelchair-bound Kabuga "unfit to participate meaningfully" in proceedings, but he was ordered to remain detained awaiting provisional release.
From Barron's • May 16, 2026
Thomas Tuchel has submitted his provisional England squad for the World Cup, with Luke Shaw, Danny Welbeck and Alex Scott believed to be among the players named.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
The Foreign Ministry said that the country’s Attorney General’s Office “will determine whether there is sufficient evidence under the Mexican legal system and the viability of the requests for provisional arrest for extradition purposes.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
Argentina's Prestianni will be banned for two further games, having already served a provisional one-match ban, with the other three suspended for two years.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
Mr. Calloway had escaped a provisional farm in upstate New York long before Magdalys was born, and she tried to be as nice to him as she could.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
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The Unteachables
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