summarily
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In June, Spain's Supreme Court ruled that migrants stopped at sea while trying to reach Ceuta or Melilla could not be summarily returned to Morocco without due process.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
They found the case so straightforward that they disposed of it summarily, without full briefing or oral argument.
From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2026
It famously reaches to Pope Benedict XV’s efforts to end World War I, which were summarily dismissed by Lloyd George and Winston Churchill.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026
In the private marketplace of ideas, he argued, an employee can be summarily fired if the boss doesn’t like it.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2025
Once Janos Slynt realized he was not to be summarily executed, color returned to his face.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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