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Judge Ana Reyes in Washington handed down the ruling on the eve of the planned closure, finding that the administration’s stated reasons for shuttering the site were “pretextual.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2026

In 1998 there were 48 death sentences handed down across the state; in 2025 that number was three.

From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2026

One of the main themes of “Passing Strange” is how knowledge is awkwardly handed down from one generation to another.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

In its first verdicts handed down last week, Baghdad's Karkh Criminal Court sentenced nine men to jail terms of up to 20 years.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

On May 2, 1927, a few weeks before Carrie Buck’s twenty-first birthday, the Supreme Court handed down its verdict.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

They are among the home cooks whipping up feasts from handed-down recipes and sharing those dishes with others.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 28, 2022

"When I came to Maine, a colleague who was a native Mainer gave me her handed-down family recipes for how to collect, clean, and prepare Irish moss, as well as a pudding recipe."

From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2022

Brown says she is the keeper of handed-down family photos; she doesn’t know every person pictured here, but they’re all connected to her in some way, collected through time.

From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2022

Everything she has was gifted, handed-down, or purchased second-hand.

From Slate ● Oct. 23, 2020

I knew how people thought about things, how people were, but it was a blow to see James playing into that handed-down way of looking at the world.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu