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Landreth, who retired a year ago, was deliberate, especially at first, about finding her own activities and friends.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

“It reflects either pure sloppiness on Paxton’s part or a deliberate effort to conceal some of his investments and property holdings,” said Craig Holman, a government affairs lobbyist for the nonpartisan good-government group Public Citizen.

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026

The Seal Research Trust, external, based in Cornwall, has backed calls from the UK Seal Alliance to make the deliberate disturbance of seals an offence under the Wildlife and Countryside Act, external.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

The judge sent the jury back to deliberate several times and the idea behind juror deliberations is you’re supposed to discuss the evidence with one another with candor, to openly listen.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

I reached to brush it off the table, and she stopped me with her nose, looked pointedly at the cactus, and gave a deliberate negative shake of her head, then looked up at me.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen

And so, I think there has to be both a change to the way the Senate deliberates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

The Fed is considering this scenario as it deliberates the future of monetary policy.

From Barron's ● Feb. 24, 2026

While the jury deliberates Majors' fate, the actor faces up to a year in jail if he is convicted of all four charges.

From Salon ● Dec. 14, 2023

Individual states have taken actions intending to stop online danger for children as Congress deliberates.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 30, 2023

Reverie is distinguished from madness as described above; and from delirium, because the trains of ideas are kept consistent by the power of volition, as the person reasons and deliberates in it.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin

The groundstaff partially removed the covers while officials deliberated.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

But the 51-year-old says she did not receive a fair trial, citing problems with evidence, the actions of the prosecution, and an unusual mishap with the jury while they deliberated on their verdicts.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

Juries deliberated and judges delivered sentences, some of which were commuted by the state’s governors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

“Given the length of this trial, they haven’t deliberated for an inordinate amount of time at this point,” Williams argued.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

He deliberated for a moment as we walked.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

After the jury spent nearly 40 hours deliberating, the judge declared a mistrial on Friday afternoon.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

Jurors told the judge twice before that they were unable to reach a verdict, but were instructed to keep deliberating.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

The jury, made up of nine women and three men, spent six days deliberating the case and twice sent notes to the judge indicating they could not reach a unanimous verdict.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026

The Plymouth, Massachusetts, jury has been deliberating since Thursday over whether Clancy is criminally responsible for killing her children.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

His gaze met Koffi s, and he saw she was deliberating.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray