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A three-judge bench ruled that the pardon granted by then president Maithripala Sirisena in May 2019 was "arbitrary and invalid".
From Barron's β Sep. 10, 2026
Moynihan has more than once used “gainsay,” or to declare something as untrue or invalid.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 17, 2026
Bar-licensed attorneys have also tried to fast-track the system, filing invalid for asylum or lawful permanent residency applications for unknowing clients.
From Los Angeles Times β Jul. 31, 2026
In his opinion, “concurring in the judgment and dissenting in part,” Kavanaugh first agreed with the majority that the executive order’s limitations on birthright citizenship are invalid.
From Slate β Jul. 15, 2026
“Maybe they saw the fever rag and thought there was still an invalid in the house.”
From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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Patient outcomes varied depending on whether you asked the officer who lost fighters, the ferryman who shuttled the sick, the doctor who treated invalids or the adjutant who buried bodies.
From Scientific American β Jul. 23, 2022
British food manufacturers and brother duo James and William Horlick created malted milk powder as a nutritional supplement marketed for "infants and invalids."
From Salon β Aug. 21, 2021
Wealthy invalids flocked to the south Devon town for its sunshine and sea air.
From The Guardian β Feb. 15, 2021
Tuesday's voting was reserved for the aged, invalids, people in hospitals and the military.
From Fox News β Apr. 26, 2019
There were many tables with empty places or invalids who had once been as strong as horses, but the sun continued to rise.
From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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Beni Baningime was invalided out of the action, and in rapid fire Michael Steinwender, Stephen Kingsley and Alexandros Kyziridis went down.
From BBC β May 16, 2026
Last August, the U.S. military’s top appeals court upheld Bergdahl’s conviction, rejecting arguments that public comments by Trump and McCain should have invalided his prosecution, Military.com reported.
From Fox News β Feb. 18, 2021
He knows that the old songs give “the invalided and senile a musical opportunity to re-court their wives, re-raise their children and re-fight their wars.”
From New York Times β Sep. 21, 2017
Soon he was back in the trenches, but then invalided home where he got classified B-1, “fit for garrison service abroad”.
From The Guardian β Nov. 28, 2016
The Duke of Burgundy professed his willingness to be reconciled, and acceded with alacrity to his uncle's proposition of a visit to the invalided Louis.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 by Various
There he called on Senator James A. .Reed of Missouri, who is invaliding from a recent illness.
From Time Magazine Archive
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This was the first time Aubrey had been considered in condition for such festivities, and the gratification of being superior to somebody might account for his glee in invaliding his friend.
From The Trial by Charlotte Mary Yonge
In the interim, don’t forget the old clothes—the invaliding suit.
From Rattlin the Reefer by Frederick Marryat
That evening Dr Thompson made the captain’s punch, having carefully locked up in his largest tea-chest his invaliding suit.
From Rattlin the Reefer by Frederick Marryat
It may correct some errors, and prepare you for next invaliding day.
From Rattlin the Reefer by Frederick Marryat
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