provisional
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The Foreign Ministry said that the country’s Attorney General’s Office “will determine whether there is sufficient evidence under the Mexican legal system and the viability of the requests for provisional arrest for extradition purposes.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
In such cases, bans are typically backdated to the start of the provisional suspension, meaning his current return date would be around December 2028.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
The Ukraine international, 25, has been sidelined for nearly 18 months after an "adverse finding in a routine urine test" led to a provisional suspension in December 2024.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
Argentina's Prestianni will be banned for two further games, having already served a provisional one-match ban, with the other three suspended for two years.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
“Ma’am, I am a member of the Council. Well, a provisional member. An Elder-in Training.”
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
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The Unteachables
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