quashing

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For decades, corporate executives have been quashing workers’ efforts to gain a fair reward for their labor.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

Still, quashing a grand-jury subpoena is one of the rarest of judicial actions.

From Slate • Mar. 19, 2026

They also said the ruling quashing the ban was paused "pending determination of the defendant's appeal to the Court of Appeal, or further order".

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

The standoff highlights the difficulty of quashing an established militia with a base of support among the population even when it has been badly beaten.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

Posthumous judges, be their decision favorable to the appellant or not, form the proper court for quashing the verdict of contemporaries.

From The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; The Art of Literature by Saunders, T. Bailey (Thomas Bailey)