pending
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But on May 4, Kelly Roberts and the San Manuel Investment Authority announced the pending sale.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
The Los Angeles school board voted 4 to 3 in March to deny the charter renewal, which set up the pending appeal before the county agency.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
But he ended up having to send his brother through the security gates at Manchester Airport on his own when his visa status switched from "approved" to "pending" and finally to "travel not authorised".
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
In another pending case about police sweeps of cellphone location data, lawyers debated whether warrants requiring Google to share information were akin to how British customs officers harassed colonists before the American Revolution.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Since our applications for green cards were "pending," the government wouldn't give us the boot, unless our application was denied.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
Vocabulary lists containing pending
The Westing Game
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