dismissed
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Laura Overdeck didn’t respond before the lawsuit was dismissed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
Wimbush had put Exeter ahead early, but Toulouse led 12-7 when prop Neti was dismissed in the 16th minute for making shoulder-to-head contact in a tackle on Ross Vintcent.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
Although the indictment was dismissed, Montano explicitly left the door open for another prosecution.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
But in July 2023, the federal district court dismissed his complaint, reasoning that Salazar didn’t count as a “consumer” under the statute because he was only subscribed to a newsletter, “not audio visual content.”
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2026
The other side he refused to hear were those who dismissed alchemy as a deception, a delusion, a fantasy.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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