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courthouse

[kawrt-hous, kohrt-] / ˈkɔrtˌhaʊs, ˈkoʊrt- /




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He called 911 twice to report the blaze, but said nothing about how it started, according to evidence presented in a downtown federal courthouse Thursday morning.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

Locals poured into the red brick historic courthouse in Cheyenne for a mid-May meeting of the Laramie County Planning Commission.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

"To be at the courthouse on Friday and to sit there... it's a beginning to another chapter of this process of healing," she said.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

The last verse of the song says it all: “You know that flag flying over the courthouse means certain things are set in stone / Who we are, what we’ll do and what we won’t.”

From Salon • May 28, 2026

The three lawyers took a cab to the courthouse downtown.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin




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