dismiss
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The streaming service has filed a motion to dismiss the case, arguing that Afram still has a copy of the film and that it didn’t intentionally cause the loss of the drive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
As in Johnson’s case, the government moved to dismiss my lawsuit in part because I had not exhausted my administrative remedies.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026
Tole will file a motion to dismiss the case on or before Jan. 8.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
Both of Smith's catches off Lyon, first to dismiss Temba Bavuma and then Kyle Verreynne, were feats of anticipation.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
To Dion Geraldine, he wrote, “You will please dismiss every carpenter on your force....”
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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Teachout dismisses AI developers’ claims that many of the known problems created by their systems, including hacks of other digital systems, were inadvertent and therefore nobody’s fault.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
She dismisses some research papers on it as "absolutely poor quality".
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
"The General Court dismisses all the actions brought by Apple," the Luxembourg-based court said in a statement.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
Fiechter dismisses this as fearmongering, saying he is "certain that the EU will not allow this to happen", and arguing that the agreements with Switzerland are "entirely in the EU's own interest".
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
He dismisses the idea loftily and informs me I know nothing about it.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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Essayli dismissed the idea that those charged may have been unaware of what they were doing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
Laura Overdeck didn’t respond before the lawsuit was dismissed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
As a result, Parsons was dismissed without notice and barred from future work in policing.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
Both indictments were later dismissed because of a defect involving the appointment of the prosecutor, although the Justice Department subsequently pursued a new indictment against Comey.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
When the rest had been dismissed, the General distributed typewritten forms among us and instructed us to present them at the administration barracks at 9:00.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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But Mulder offered little after his new-ball spells and Marco Jansen was quiet after dismissing Nic Maddinson and Steve Smith on day one.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
A White House official told CBS that any personnel announcement would come directly from the president, dismissing the reports as speculation.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Bardella denied that he wrote the messages, dismissing the report as a smear campaign.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
“We are not dismissing any of this,” the strategists said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
Carl generally fell silent when this happened, or agreed with her in a perfunctory fashion, afterward dismissing the subject.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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