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verdict

[vur-dikt] / ˈvɜr dɪkt /


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A guilty verdict could lead to severe financial penalties and hurt Huawei’s ability to deal with some banks and customers around the globe.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

"I was so sad, so sad that we couldn't come up with a verdict for Lindsay. It was so heartbreaking," she added.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

“I do not believe every Californian has gotten a fair verdict in these fights,” he said in response to a question about extending Newsom’s moratorium.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

The test is the quality of the work, the hostility of the reception, and the verdict of the evidence over time.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2026

In a Washington courtroom a week later, G. Gordon Liddy stood with his arms folded, his face impassive, as the clerk read the jury’s verdict: guilty on eight counts related to the Watergate break-in.

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

Despite the verdicts, he is still hailed as a hero by some Serbs, particularly in Republika Srpska, where his death was marked with vigils and gatherings.

From Barron's Sep. 5, 2026

The impact on public schools—from verdicts, settlements and retroactive insurance premiums—is approaching $4 billion, said Michael Fine, chief executive of a state task force that advises school districts on fiscal issues.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

And the risk of so-called nuclear verdicts from juries pressures government entities to settle before cases reach court.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

Instead, it twice asked the state's juries commissioner to investigate in the weeks following the verdicts.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

He explained to me that verdicts weren’t set aside just like that, for nothing.

From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus




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