deliberate
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"It's clear this was a deliberate act," he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
Back came Exeter, now two men to the good after Thomas was yellow-carded for a deliberate knock-on, as Jack Yeandle burrowed over and Stephen Varney touched down under the posts.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
Caroline trusts her gut, while I’m more deliberate, analytical and systematic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
But with their capabilities supplemented by human teleoperators, Tau’s robots climbed with deliberate accuracy, albeit a little slowly.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
Yet he was as deliberate about setting up his motel room as a military ritual.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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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
The relief is on hold while the high court deliberates.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 28, 2023
He was deliberating; and I wish you to understand that in a case like this "the child that deliberates is lost."
From Little Grandfather by Sophie May
The verdict in the death of Wilver Blanco came after jurors deliberated for a little more than four hours over two days.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
The verdicts came after a jury at Northampton Crown Court had deliberated for nearly 11 hours.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
The prosecution rested, and the jury deliberated for five hours.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
The jury of nine women and three men in Plymouth has deliberated for some 35 hours without a verdict, following nearly six weeks of trial proceedings.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
There was a Jack Kerouac quote their dad loved to repeat when the family deliberated weekend plans.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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The jury is expected to begin deliberating Friday morning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 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
After the jury spent nearly 40 hours deliberating, the judge declared a mistrial on Friday afternoon.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
The jury has been deliberating on the case since Thursday.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Raheem and Leroy had stayed down at the courthouse, where the jury was deliberating.
From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon
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