adjourned

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Though the work started after court adjourned at 2 p.m., and sometimes required staying up past midnight, it was, he said in an interview, “energizing.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

About an hour into the hearing, the judge granted him conditional release and adjourned the hearing, the broadcaster said.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

The case was adjourned until 29 May to give time to the Crown Prosecution Service to decide whether it wanted to seek a third trial.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

The inquest was adjourned until a further pre-inquest review on 1 December.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

The meeting adjourned with tempers still hot and both sides feeling absolute in the rightness of their position.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling