Example Sentences
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After spending almost three months in jail for civil contempt of court, I was freed after receiving my source’s permission to cooperate with the government’s investigation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
Burnham announced last week that he was pausing the scheme, which would have seen about 700 prisoners freed in the first phase in September, following a backlash from survivors and victims.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
What caught my eye as a scholar interested in popular constitutionalism was the way freed people made direct claims on the text of the state constitution.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
Once that term has been completed, offenders remain in prison until the parole board decides they can be freed.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
When they were finally freed, after a series of slave rebellions, their new masters were poverty, illiteracy, and lack of economic opportunity.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
