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Mangione’s lawyer has asked the state to dismiss its charges, citing double-jeopardy protections.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro and how her prosecutors secured a grand jury indictment against 67-year-old David Hearn for “vandalizing” the Reflecting Pool, only to dismiss the case within weeks.

From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2026

"I would never seek to diminish or dismiss any survivor's experience, or to make anyone feel that their pain was not heard or understood," they added.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

His move to dismiss Cook was the first such attempt by a president in the US central bank's 111-year history.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

At first, battlefield commanders tended to dismiss shell shock as nothing more than rank cowardice.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

He dismisses the theory, also put forward by the KWS, that the cyanide might have come from a type of foliage, noting local livestock would have died as well.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

Yet even Honor is cowed by the household’s steely Yugoslav maid, Greta, who dismisses all heartbreaks and hysterics with the motto, “play stupid games, win stupid prizes.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

Pombo dismisses many of my thoughts on balancing out my salt intake.

From BBC ● May 15, 2026

She evades that reality in “107 Days,” in which she dismisses antiwar protesters at her rallies as mere “hecklers.”

From Salon ● May 5, 2026

Then he tweaks my nose like he might a naughty child, and dismisses us.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

The 25-year-old put on 102 for the second wicket with Mominul Haque, who was dismissed by Josh Hazlewood for 49 before lunch.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

The defendants argued that the state charges should be dismissed because they were based on the same event.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Speaking in court Thursday, Tahnya dismissed Sandoval as a “coward.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

Plus, next month a judge has scheduled a hearing to decide whether Hearn’s dismissed charges should be held with prejudice, so the DOJ can’t charge him again for the same alleged conduct.

From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2026

The fact that a clear majority of Americans were telling pollsters in the early 1980s—when the drug war was kicking off—that they opposed race discrimination in nearly all its forms should not be dismissed lightly.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

Voters in the coastal community were less enthusiastic, however, with even local Reform supporters dismissing the poll.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

Then it’s up to their coach to talk them into dismissing the algorithm they’ve spent the past few months trusting.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

For not dismissing them as has-beens, as American society far too often does with anything that isn’t young.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

The term refers to a medical professional dismissing or invalidating health worries which can cause patients to doubt their pain and concerns.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

“Peh!” said the man, dismissing her with a noise halfway between laughing and hawking spit.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs