ruling

Example Sentences

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Oregon challenged the on-field ruling that Gasparino was simply out on the play.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026

Justice Minister Akin Gürlek said earlier this week that the appeal court ruling "reinforces our citizens' trust in democracy".

From BBC • May 24, 2026

After ruling out more serious autoimmune conditions, my new dermatologist did a scalp biopsy and finally diagnosed me with fibrosing alopecia in a pattern distribution, or FAPD, in which inflammation damages hair follicles via scarring.

From Slate • May 23, 2026

Whereas the European gothic, he concludes, was “an enlightened attack on a debased ruling class or entrenched superstition,” its American version emerged as “a Calvinist exposé of natural human corruption.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Some of what he said made me fear that I would never, never get inside Central High School, even though the separate-is-not-equal ruling was law.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals