case ending
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of case ending
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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Greenpeace, which vowed to appeal, said last month it could be forced into bankruptcy because of the case, ending over 50 years of activism.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2025
He described the history of the case, ending with the ruling from the three-judge panel of the appeals court.
From New York Times • Oct. 12, 2021
“They urged Sullivan to dismiss the case, ending Flynn’s legal jeopardy. They also asked him to dismiss Flynn’s charge ‘without irrelevant or personal comment’.”
From The Guardian • May 19, 2020
Texas, Lambda Legal’s landmark case ending the criminalization of sodomy.
From Washington Post • Feb. 22, 2017
This latter is a result of the continued pressure of the horny growth, in a well-marked case ending in a sharply-defined groove in the os pedis in which the keraphyllocele rests.
From Diseases of the Horse's Foot by Reeks, Harry Caulton
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