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"Sentences are so severe that plea bargaining is in both sides' interests," Mr Imnadze explains.

From BBC • Nov. 2, 2025

Sentences that are very straightforward barely engage these regions, and nonsensical sequences of words don't do much for them either.

From Science Daily • Jan. 3, 2024

Sentences become shorter, sounds are exaggerated, and the overall pattern of speech is more singsong and musical.

From National Geographic • Jun. 26, 2023

Sentences for the two members, Roberto Minuta and Edward Vallejo, were handed down at back-to-back hearings in Federal District Court in Washington.

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2023

Sentences came out clearer for an instant before a sheet blackened and crumbled.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith