handed down
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The 55-year-old, who has always denied the charges, listened impassively as the court in the city of Nantes handed down the verdict.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
The Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision last summer in U.S. v.
From Salon • May 22, 2026
A federal judge has handed down lengthy prison sentences to the three co-founders of StraightPath Venture Partners, a self-described boutique private-equity firm that specialized in selling investments in pre-IPO companies.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Yousaf's father Syed Yousaf Hassan said the verdict handed down by the Islamabad court was "a lesson for all such criminals in society", local media reported.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
Immediately, the description of the puffin nation’s most notorious enemy, as handed down from one puffin generation to the next, flooded Major Puff’s memory.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
