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warrant

[wawr-uhnt, wor-] / ˈwɔr ənt, ˈwɒr- /




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However, police had nine months to execute the warrant.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

It says the government must get an order authorizing electronic surveillance through the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court under Title 1 or “a warrant issued pursuant to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure by a court.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

A search warrant was also served at the couple’s home and storage units in San Clemente, according to the statement.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

In 1607, a fugitive painter named Caravaggio arrived in Malta on the run from a murder warrant in Rome.

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2026

Mr. Willis published an essay, “Post-Mortuum Soiree,” in the next issue of his Home Journal, “the ‘demonstration,’ … is of sufficient extent and respectability to warrant grave attention.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock




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