Example Sentences
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Extradition requests typically drag on for months, sometimes years, as those targeted seek reprieves from Mexican courts.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
It’s getting one of the largest reprieves among U.S. trading partners, and analysts don’t think China is at risk of higher tariffs in the short term.
From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026
This could negatively impact Alcoa’s tariff reprieves on its Canadian aluminum.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 8, 2026
In return, the companies get administration-backed reprieves from potential new U.S. tariffs for three years.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
It was his to grant pardons for offenses against the laws of the Territory and provisional reprieves for offenses against the laws of the United States.
From History of the Constitutions of Iowa by Shambaugh, Benjamin F.
