put on trial
Example Sentences
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Almost on a daily basis, police have arrested and put on trial farmers accused of trying to skirt the ban.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
Tudor was subsequently charged and put on trial in 1988.
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026
Her former husband, Larry Moya, was jailed in 2024 and never put on trial, Fuentes said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
Certainly the good Samaritans must have known the two boatmen were not going to be put on trial, owing to lack of evidence.
From Slate • Oct. 21, 2025
A week later, Old John Brown was put on trial.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
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