charges
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No charges had been filed but an investigation was underway.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
In suburban Philadelphia, Unlimited Academy charges rates of up to $1,000 a month and requires parents to sign a year-long contract.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
She said she had reported the incident two weeks after it happened to Cornell University police, which investigated, but no charges were laid.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Authorities initially declined to press charges, but the investigation was reopened Monday, with New York Governor Kathy Hochul later appointing the state's top prosecutor to see it through.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
In 1868, after a trial failed to reach a verdict and charges were dismissed, he was released, a free man.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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