convict
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In Flowers, Justice Clarence Thomas confidently declared in dissent that Mississippi could retry and convict Curtis Flowers.
From Slate • May 28, 2026
Middleton was reportedly one of several senators considering voting to convict Paxton, although he ultimately joined the majority in acquitting him.
From Salon • May 23, 2026
The jury in that first trial did not convict any of the defendants.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
Afterward, several jurors expressed their shock and exasperation; they’d sat through the whole trial, they told the press, and were ready to convict.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
“Fine. Don’t talk about him, then....He’s not the only convict we have, you know. Jeepers!”
From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko
Vocabulary lists containing convict
13th Amendment (1865)
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 20–25
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
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