deliberating
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The council responsible for choosing his successor is struck while deliberating.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
Podedworna showed no emotion when the jury returned their verdict, after deliberating for seven hours and six minutes.
From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026
The jury came back with an acquittal after deliberating for about an hour.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2026
“The Board has been deliberating on this issue since the end of that stakeholder process,” Shields said.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 17, 2026
After deliberating for three days, the nine-member jury finds Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, George Atzerodt, and David Herold guilty.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
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