technicality
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Some residents claim East Lothian Council ignored a petition with 7,000 signatures on a "technicality," while an initial consultation attracted hundreds of objections.
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026
The decision turned on a technicality: Police demanded the surrender of four German shepherds; the disputed dogs are, in fact, one Dutch shepherd and three Belgian Malinois.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026
He was relased from detention weeks later on a technicality.
From BBC • May 26, 2025
Chiles was also awarded her first individual Olympic medal, a bronze in the floor exercise, in Paris but it was taken away because of a technicality.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2025
There was a hearing, but Katie was told beforehand that it was a technicality.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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