warrant
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The sheriff’s department said the suspects, who were not related but knew each other, shared a home in Irvine, where investigators executed a search warrant.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Amundson and Zemian’s hopes that their behavior would warrant some leniency were quickly dashed.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
The local prosecutor’s office hasn’t received a warrant request in the case, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
A judge suspended an arrest warrant against him after he agreed to appear voluntarily.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
It was as easy as that Even the warrant officer fled.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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When doors are battered in without judicial warrants?
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
The ICC, which is based in The Hague, also issued warrants for the arrest of several key leaders of Hamas, who have since been killed.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
Several suspects have since been charged and international arrest warrants are being pursued for others still at large.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
The hearings often result in displays of key evidence, including crime scene photos and items recovered after the execution of search warrants.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Treasury didn’t ask for a piece of the action, or management changes, or for that matter anything at all except for a teaspoon of out-of-the-money warrants and preferred stock.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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To the extent that significant unavoidable and genuinely catastrophic physical and financial damage to Florida crops caused by severe weather has not been addressed by other programs, federal help may be warranted.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín scheduled an Aug. 3 hearing to determine whether a longer-term pause is warranted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
A growing number of officials have indicated higher rates could be warranted in the coming months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
It said that Rhodes "thoroughly warranted a long minimum term", but that aspects of the case should have further aggravated the sentence.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
“I certainly do!” she exclaimed, with a bit more enthusiasm than the question warranted.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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That would give greater cause for concern about U.K. inflation persistence, over that of weaker demand, warranting slower withdrawal of monetary-policy restriction, she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
Some policymakers, however, “noted that, by several measures, financial conditions suggested that monetary policy may not be particularly restrictive, which they judged as warranting a cautious approach,” according to the minutes.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2025
The group stands out within the increasingly desolate Facebook newsfeed, not just for the volume of its posts but also the intensity of engagement, warranting a 30-person-strong moderation team.
From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2024
A five-judge panel wrote in a three-page decision that Trump’s “contention that the conclusion of trial constitutes a change in circumstances warranting termination of the remaining Restraining Order provision is unavailing.”
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2024
In this case these doorways are of the nondescript variety commonly accepted as base Gothic, but hardly warranting even such a term of endearment.
From The Cathedrals of Northern France by McManus, Blanche
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