courtroom
Americannoun
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courtrooms
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noun
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Origin of courtroom
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There was a sense of disbelief in the courtroom as the case - and Clancy's future - are now left in limbo.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
His family members screamed with delight in the packed courtroom in Valletta, while Caruana Galizia's family wept, the agency said.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
On a break outside the courtroom, Garcia, who is studying for his master’s degree in public relations, confessed he had “no idea what anybody’s talking about.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
The acrimony between Two Sigma co-founder John Overdeck and his estranged wife, Laura, was on display in the courtroom this week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
“There were a couple of hundred of us crammed into the little courtroom who had not had any water on their bodies for seven days,” recalled Thomas.
From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman
Profanity and personal attacks have increasingly become part of India's public discourse, from television debates to courtrooms and even parliament.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Agents with their faces covered up to their eyes, in unmarked black SUVs with tinted windows, would wait outside churches, mosques, schools, daycares, courtrooms, and hospitals.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
In county-seat courtrooms, you learn quickly that the court system works only when everyone—the farmer, the defendant, the victim’s family—knows the judge is impartial.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
“In many, many courtrooms throughout the state today, there is nobody there, and there’s not going to be anybody there,” attorney Sonya Winner told the high court during oral arguments in Los Angeles last month.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
Civil rights advocates pursued their own agendas as unelected representatives of communities defined by race and displayed considerable skill navigating courtrooms and halls of power across America.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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