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courtroom

[kawrt-room, -room, kohrt-] / ˈkɔrtˌrum, -ˌrʊm, ˈkoʊrt- /




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BBC's North America correspondent Shaimaa Khalil was inside the courtroom.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

Such individual courtroom attention could not be sustained for long.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

One day, I leaned forward to ask Witkoff what brought him to the courtroom that day.

From Slate Jul. 22, 2026

Once a near-mythical figure, seen only in a handful of long-outdated photos, Zambada, 76, hobbled into a packed courtroom.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

“Frank picked up a bench or plank and retreated back,” according to a later courtroom account recorded by Andrew Jackson.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

Witkoff became one of the people who traveled with Trump, showing up not only in courtrooms but seemingly at every important event.

From Slate Jul. 22, 2026

In county-seat courtrooms, you learn quickly that the court system works only when everyone—the farmer, the defendant, the victim’s family—knows the judge is impartial.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 16, 2026

In courtrooms, this played out in the form of trying to block consideration of the racial effects of a policy rather than focusing solely on proving an invidious racist intent.

From Slate May 7, 2026

"They are carefully planned and time-limited exercises designed to make best use of already-funded and available courtrooms, judicial capacity and sitting days," it added.

From BBC Apr. 9, 2026

The parade of guilty people through America’s courtrooms gives the false impression to the public—as well as to judges—that when the police have a “hunch,” it makes sense to let them act on it.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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