Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of appealedBut then federal prosecutors appealed a judge's decision granting him bond with electronic monitoring, and the judge agreed Friday to put it on hold while that appeal plays out.—ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026 Gilbert appealed Wilson’s ruling; however, in December 2024, a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel turned down Gilbert’s appeal, per Courthouse News Service.—Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 8 Oct. 2025 The White House appealed to the Supreme Court, and now the high court has agreed to examine the appeal.—Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR, 9 Sep. 2025
One open question is whether such a space would actually be used for the events now being cited as justification.
—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
28 Apr. 2026
When asked about what is the most difficult part of outfitting a customer with an adaptive bike, Hal Honeyman sidestepped the entire mechanical issue and immediately cited funding instead.
The only constant across different time periods and milieus is that no one has wanted to be accused of it.
—
Clare Bucknell,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
Israel accused hundreds of UNRWA employees in Gaza of working with terrorist groups and banned the organization from operating in Israel in 2024, effectively blocking its foreign staff and aid from entering the enclave.
Though the value can be criticized, Love is immediately going to make Arizona’s offense exponentially better.
—
Dane Brugler,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
After the hearing, John Catanzara, president of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 7, the union that represents Chicago police officers, harshly criticized the SAFE-T Act and the county’s criminal courts judges who repeatedly released Talley from custody in his prior crimes of violence.
—
Caroline Kubzansky,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
Gatkhor Dual, an opposition official coordinating aid in Jonglei state, blamed county commissioner James Bol Makuei for blocking humanitarian access.
—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 Apr. 2026
In a statement, a spokesperson for Angels In The Asylum blamed the closure on the film being unable to resolve financing issues with John Cairns and his company, Parkland Pictures.
He had been booked into the jail in late November on a probation violation warrant.
—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
He was later booked in jail on charges that included battery, false imprisonment, tampering with evidence, failure to report a death and unlawfully holding or moving a dead body.
—
Dan Sullivan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 Apr. 2026