sent back
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Any response sent back will take another 24 hours, creating a total communication delay of 48 hours.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026
Like many others in his situation, he chose to confess while pleading not to be sent back to China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
Notoriously corrupt Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli scarpered in similar fashion, though he was ultimately arrested by U.S. authorities in 2017 and sent back to serve a prison term.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026
He was among several medical workers captured while trying to escape the city and sent back, along with Dr Mustafa Ahmed.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
The following morning, when Ito told us that the contratista had gotten Gabriel fired and sent back to Mexico, I felt like someone had kicked me in the stomach.
From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez
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