Example Sentences
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One part of the plan means that most jailed offenders on fixed terms will leave jail after serving a third of their term behind bars, rather than at the halfway point.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
The driver of the car, Henry Long - who was 18 - was jailed for 16 years for manslaughter but would not be eligible for early release.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
A British woman has been jailed for six years in Hong Kong for blackmail and perverting the course of justice after a court found she made a false allegation of rape.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
In fairness, Mr. Trump succeeded in pressing China to free a jailed Christian pastor, Ezra Jin, whose children are U.S. citizens.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
The British had jailed her husband for “surreptitious correspondence with the enemy.”
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
