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Murrill is now using that discredited plea deal against Brooks, just as she did in Duncan’s case, in an attempt to quash his compensation claim.

From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026

They will remain in place unless challenges filed by Israel convince appeals-court judges at the ICC to quash them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

It is a savvy move and coalition-building exercise that likely will quash accusations Warsh is ripping apart the very fabric of the Fed.

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026

Baroness Louise Casey, who led the national investigation into grooming gangs, called on the government last year to quash any convictions of victims who were criminalised when they should have been protected.

From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026

I paused and looked toward my bedroom, hoping Fig would come sprinting down the hall, meowing for his food, and quash my churning worries.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

LinkedIn says it quashes more than 200,000 AI-generated spam comments every day before they go live.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Many officers have described to me problems that include “kill the messenger” management that quashes bad news, as well as dangerous supervision lapses, watered-down policing standards and policing-knowledge gaps.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2024

Critics maintain that it reinforces privilege and quashes diversity.

From New York Times ● Jul. 27, 2023

He said he hoped the court reaches "the right decision and quashes the conviction" after three senior judges set his appeal for July.

From BBC ● May 3, 2023

Outside old Mrs. Picture's door comes a moment of irresolution, but she quashes it and goes on.

From When Ghost Meets Ghost by William Frend De Morgan

On Friday, during a Court of Appeal hearing where an application to overturn his conviction was quashed, it emerged Xiao had been returned to the US and was believed to no longer be in custody.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

The newspaper had challenged the government requests for phone records of reporters and grand jury testimony as an attempt to "intimidate" the press and filed a motion to have them quashed.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

Lord Justice Warby, sitting with Mrs Justice Heather Williams, quashed the original inquest's conclusion and ordered a new inquest to take place at a later date.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026

District Court Judge Patrick Schiltz quashed the “unlawful” subpoenas, ruling that “overwhelming evidence” suggested they “were not issued to investigate, but to harass, coerce, and retaliate.”

From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2026

The feds cut a deal with Morrison: in return for getting his arrest warrant for assault quashed, he would work as an informant on the Osage murder cases.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

Slate covered this case in March, when Boasberg took the rare step of quashing the initial subpoenas brought by Pirro and her team.

From Slate ● Apr. 24, 2026

The real-estate lobby had been successful in quashing previous efforts to tax second homes, including in 2014 and 2019.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

For decades, corporate executives have been quashing workers’ efforts to gain a fair reward for their labor.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 6, 2026

The court rejected this on July 16, saying there was "no legal basis" for quashing the warrants while the jurisdiction challenge was pending.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2025

The Court decided in Mr. Bradlaugh's favor and granted a rule quashing Mr. Vaughan's order, and with this fell the order of the Middlesex magistrates.

From Autobiographical Sketches by Annie Wood Besant