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ordered

[awr-derd] / ˈɔr dərd /


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A judge subsequently ordered the pair be placed in pre-trial detention, French and Portuguese media report.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

Congress ordered broadsides to be made and an engrossed parchment of the signed document to be produced, but the latter became one among many official papers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Putin ordered his defence ministry to prepare a response, without elaborating.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

A highly ordered state naturally evolves into a disordered one, never the reverse.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

We were ordered to raise the dolerite over our head and slam it down against the surface of the granite.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman




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