death warrant
Example Sentences
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Critics say this mothballing will amount to a death warrant, and have asked San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors to give the fountain another chance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026
Carr clearly got a taste for murder as the show progressed, bumping off Paloma Faith in plain sight and handing Lucy Beaumont her death warrant.
From BBC • Oct. 30, 2025
Crucially, it grants the governor great latitude in selecting to whom he will issue a death warrant.
From Slate • Sep. 15, 2025
“They believe that if they are members of their department that they will be retaliated against, and that if they come forward they will be signing a death warrant for their careers.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2023
It was his father, reading the death warrant.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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