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[sen-tns] / ˈsɛn tns /




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If convicted, she faces a maximum sentence of seven years in federal prison.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

Young, upon taking office in 1847, promptly pardoned an Antirenter serving a life sentence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

On Thursday, PL leader Valdemar Costa Neto visited Jair Bolsonaro, who is serving his sentence under house arrest.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

He later used his absence as part of his defence in his coup trial, which led to a conviction and 27-year sentence.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

I replay Guardian’s sentence through my system: You are not meant to last forever.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga

Since the start of her campaign, Raman has sprinkled Spanglish into her speeches and sometimes offered whole sentences in softly accented, lightly stilted Spanish.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

The Attorney General, Ellie Reeves, referred their sentences to the Court of Appeal, with barristers for the government arguing that the original sentences did not "meet the justice of this terrible case".

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

As they heard their sentences, the brothers stared straight ahead.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Couvy said France lacked enough prosecutors and judges to handle the cases, while overcrowded prisons limited the courts’ ability to impose custodial sentences.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

"I should like to hear you really talk, my dear. When you talk to me you never finish your sentences at all."

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

Lindsay was told he would be sentenced at the conclusion of that trial.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

In the novel, Myshkin does not present the harrowing experience as his own but as the firsthand account of an acquaintance who had been sentenced to death for a political offense.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

The “It Was Just an Accident” director was sentenced Monday, according to the Associated Press.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Iran has sentenced award-winning filmmaker Jafar Panahi to five years and one month in prison and ordered the seizure of of all of his assets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

September 22: Four women were arrested and sentenced to thirty days in the workhouse.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

Rupert Bowers KC, for Nivalda Pirjani, acknowledged in court that "of course" her sentence was lenient, but that the sentencing judge "considered all of the factors".

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

The sentencing capped a steep fall from grace for the brothers, who once led a highflying life of parties, Hamptons jaunts and cruises.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

During her sentencing hearing, prosecutors alleged Owens conducted “psychological warfare” on the two victims and sent hundreds of text messages trying to back up her claims of being pregnant.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

Leaving court after the sentencing, Brown was greeted by loud cheers from fans.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

But under Pennsylvania law, the judge could not take the absence of intent into account during sentencing.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson


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