pending
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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
That trend is visible in recent pending data, Mike Simonsen, the chief economist at the brokerage Compass, wrote in a Monday missive.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
Joel feared he would be detained and deported even though he had a pending immigration case as he sought to obtain a green card.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
Suitcase did his best to be friendly, and said that as a gesture of goodwill he had decided to withdraw all pending charges against us.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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