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The worry over Grande’s visible emaciation rendered the video itself moot.

From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026

Judge Leonie Brinkema brushed aside the government’s arguments that the issue was moot after acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told Congress last week that the administration wasn’t moving forward with the fund.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

The judge said she would declare the case moot if Blanche and Bessent presented a sworn declaration within a week under penalty of perjury that the fund has been abandoned.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

In other words, the case became moot, as it would have required the courts to weigh in on a policy the school had rescinded and replaced with one that the parent group preferred.

From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2026

It was a moot point, regardless: Kasischke and Groom were in such bad shape that going anywhere was out of the question for the time being.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

The states on Tuesday said the addition of Alex Fairly, who owns a medical billing negotiation firm and lives in Amarillo, moots the motion to transfer the case.

From Reuters ● Mar. 1, 2023

“The president’s pardon, which General Flynn has accepted, moots this case,” the Justice Department filing said.

From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2020

Five of those suspects are in the county jail pending trials — four of them held without bond on serious charges that preclude release, which Elrich noted moots the urgency in the detainer debate.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 8, 2019

“New legislation or regulations giving plaintiffs all they seek moots the case,” wrote Zachary W. Carter, corporation counsel for New York City.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 10, 2019

"The cases were put" after the earlier repast, and twice or thrice a week moots were "brought in" after the later meal.

From A Book About Lawyers by John Cordy Jeaffreson

That is perhaps why Concacaf president Victor Montagliani has been consistently mooted as the most likely challenger to Infantino in recent weeks.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

And some of the bank's governors had already mooted a possible rates hike, she added.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

The good news is the mooted deal doesn’t speak only of “highly enriched uranium.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

Though he mooted future seasons with its main characters, played by Steven Yeun and Ali Wong, creator Lee Sung Jin has instead returned with an unconnected fresh story, premiering Thursday on Netflix.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026

I don't worry about it at other times, and indeed feel so thoroughly well, that I could laugh at the idea were it mooted; but during these moods of mine it has tried me horribly.

From The Curse of Carne's Hold A Tale of Adventure by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

The Italian lender made a $35 billion cash-and-share offer for MPS shortly after competitor Banco BPM said it was itself mooting a merger with the smaller bank.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

The administration’s brief said “the mooting of the underlying case would also moot petitioners’ attempt to intervene.”

From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2023

Mr Johnson's government has previously raised the prospect of relocation before, first mooting the move in January 2020.

From BBC ● May 16, 2022

“Well, certainly your honor. It’s been amended,” Giuliani replied, mooting nearly everything he had just argued.

From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2020

While the English envoy was mooting the question of divorce in 1526 the surprise of Rome by an imperial force brought home to Clement his utter helplessness.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 by Rossiter Johnson