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Circuit Court of Appeals, which he said could construe the law differently, or file a fresh lawsuit in state court.

From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2024

Moreover, courts often construe statutes to avoid constitutional questions.

From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2024

Prosecutors routinely use it in cases where they can construe harm to the federal government.

From Reuters ● Aug. 2, 2023

I regret that my attempt to find a way to participate in the course in a manner that would have satisfied these concerns has enabled some to construe a potential conflict of interest.

From BBC ● May 24, 2023

"He is the King's Justice, after all. Sending other men to do his office . . . some might construe that as a grave insult."

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

How they decide — their reasoning — might have momentous implications for how the current court construes the Constitution.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 29, 2021

What emerges on the other side of the apocalypse as “Appleseed” construes it will barely resemble what went into it.

From New York Times ● Jul. 13, 2021

As in none of your business, which often construes to “she’s fine” or “doing well” or “good,” depending on who asked.

From The New Yorker ● Mar. 4, 2019

The two are mirror images of a sort: one construes national identity as changeless, its rediscovery a prelude to renewed greatness; the other sees it as a product to be clarified and marketed.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 7, 2017

He construes a few verses in the Greek testament, and translates one of the articles from Latin into English.

From Life of Johnson, Volume 3 1776-1780 by George Birkbeck Norman Hill

Cliches were wielded like shields Tuesday, protecting against the imminent threat of social clips construed as bulletin board material.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

Tesla shares rose 5.4% to $376.37 after the electric-car maker scheduled an event related to its Cybercab, which investors construed as the likely commercial launch of the long-awaited robotaxi.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

That order explicitly said that nothing in it should be construed as creating a mandatory licensing regime.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026

He implored those same liberals to look beyond the Totenkopf and dig deeper into Platner’s stated policy goals, for which he has expressed nothing that could be construed as Nazi ideology.

From Slate ● Apr. 13, 2026

But he couldn’t remember, and besides it was impossible to know what action might later be construed as a crime.

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck

In construing the meaning of an extraterrestrial dispatch, those who give it a go often try to anticipate what the message might be trying to say.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 3, 2023

"That is consistent with construing the speech and debate argument as a limited immunity like executive privilege. It also corresponds to the most important evidence from Pence," he tweeted.

From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2023

“If you want to explain the different outcomes in people, it may be differences in how people are construing their experiences.”

From Washington Post ● Nov. 1, 2021

In 1889, a group of black community leaders in Baltimore calling themselves the Brotherhood of Liberty published “Justice and Jurisprudence,” the first sustained critique of Supreme Court rulings construing the amendments.

From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2019

He translated fully to each group of creatures the Abbot’s message, in turn construing back to the Father Abbot their grateful thanks with pledges of help and loyalty to Redwall Abbey.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques