put someone on
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“They had to put someone on TV the moment the movie was over to calm the country down,” Meyer says.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2023
Prosecutors can put someone on trial again or drop the case.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 11, 2022
Botros says Hutton wanted the law firm to carry out the investigation and invited the ECB to put someone on the panel.
From The Guardian • Nov. 16, 2021
“That they dare to put someone on a show trial, it just infuriates me.”
From Washington Post • Jun. 2, 2015
He knew that I would put someone on his track.”
From The Girl and The Bill An American Story of Mystery, Romance and Adventure by Merwin, Bannister
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