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"I do not think he deserves a respite," Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov added.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

There’s little respite to be found in the Chargers’ upcoming games.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

This week could bring some respite to Treasurys, according to Williams, given the lack of issuance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

"I've been trying to get some overnight respite as I want to be a mum to my girls as well as Zac," she said.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

This involved long hours, late into the night, with barely any respite.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

There were brief respites, but things seldom got easier: “The wind whipped up at noon and sleet came smacking down,” Mr. Tesson recalls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025

As the insects spread across the state, patios and backyards morphed from respites into risky territories.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2025

These six podcasts offer respites for your brain, delivering tales that are diverting enough to keep you focused, but uneventful enough that you can doze off.

From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2024

Even for malaria the respites may be transient.

From Science Magazine ● Sep. 25, 2023

During one of these respites, Diana drew Lyddie to the nearest window.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson

The parties being summoned to Oxford, the judges received letters of request from our lord the King, that this business should be respited.

From The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond: A Picture of Monastic Life in the Days of Abbot Samson by Jocelin de Brakelond

He pleaded benefit of clergy, and was respited, and instead of his original sentence was burnt in the hand.

From Curious Punishments of Bygone Days by Alice Morse Earle

Great compassion was evinced for her in the court, but she was still found guilty, though being near her pregnancy, her execution was respited.

From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Walter Thornbury

One of them, named Robinson, was respited by the Governor, for a month.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol 1-98, 1850-1899 None by Various (magazine) Harper

But at the period of our story men were often respited for short or long periods, yet suffered at last.

From International Short Stories English by Various

"There is one strange fact about this," said the governor of the prison to Harkaway, "and that is, that one of the prisoners has taken the liberty of respiting himself."

From Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece by Bracebridge Hemyng

By this simple sentence a flood of light is thrown on the fact of respiting him alone amongst the four men admittedly concerned in the rescue.

From The Dock and the Scaffold by Unknown

The respiting of the burning of the hand till the king's pardon could be obtained was not to put him in a worse condition than he would have been in had he been actually burnt.

From State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social by Various

Then they made a last attempt in his favour, and voted for respiting the execution.

From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay

Then they made a last attempt in his favor, and voted for respiting the execution.

From Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay