gavel
Example Sentences
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He always uses a wooden gavel, now chipped, that his father gave him roughly 25 years ago before he died.
District Court Judge Beryl Howell — who handed the chief's gavel to Boasberg earlier this month — to limit Pence's testimony by claiming that certain issues were off limits because of executive privilege.
From Salon
Along the same wall are two gavels, one of which is in a display case, memorializing the passage of the American Rescue Plan.
From Los Angeles Times
As a pro-gas-tax Republican who ran the state Senate’s transportation committee, he wielded his swift gavel like a magic wand to conjure freeways and make public transit projects disappear.
From Los Angeles Times
The judge also denied a motion by a coalition of media organizations, including The Associated Press, to reconsider his April decision to prohibit live audiovisual coverage of the proceedings from gavel to gavel.
From Washington Times
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