deliberate
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Still, the deliberate stoking of fear of criminality today mirrors that of the past.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026
The important step is to make that concentration deliberate.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026
"His motivation for this - what we allege is a deliberate attack - is very much a centrepiece of the investigation," said Victoria Police Commissioner Mike Bush.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
"It's clear this was a deliberate act," he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
He paused as if to deliberate, watching the hopeful expression on Sela’s face.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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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
This one-year mark comes on the heels of reported upticks in crimes against Jewish and Palestinian communities and as the state Legislature deliberates a reparations package that aims to remedy the legacy of slavery.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2024
"Judges routinely give a 'clean up' instruction before a jury deliberates, telling them not to construe anything the court says as evidence, or as a suggestion of what their verdict should be," she tweeted.
From Salon ● May 1, 2023
This prevents, for the time being, any action, and the youth deliberates between the two possible lines of conduct.
From Ontario Normal School Manuals: Science of Education by Ontario. Ministry of Education
Lakeeta Vaccaro Hill was denied punitive damages by the six-person jury that deliberated for less than four hours.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
The prosecution rested, and the jury deliberated for five hours.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
The mistrial came after six weeks of court proceedings and after jurors deliberated for more than 40 hours over seven days.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
“We deliberated carefully over those allegations, and so I would say I disagree with the way or the light in which Mr. Edwards paints his actions,” Guest said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
He asked them how long they had deliberated before they bought what they bought.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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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 trio of judges are now deliberating on Patterson's appeal, as well as an argument by the prosecution that her parole period should be scrapped.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
I’d been deliberating for hours whether or not to ask the question—even how to ask the question—and, finally, I just gave in and made a mess of it.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
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