as in executions
the doing of an action oversaw the prosecution of the president's foreign policy
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Recent Examples of prosecutions Those also required complex federal investigations and prosecutions that the DOJ was not always willing to pursue. —
Josh Meyer, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026 Yvette Loizon, chief of policy at the state’s attorney’s office, told the judge that declining to sign onto a political statement does not amount to a conflict, adding that making political statements can jeopardize prosecutions. —Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026 Her case is one of several federal prosecutions in Georgia tied to alleged misuse of pandemic unemployment benefits, as officials continue to investigate fraud connected to COVID-era relief programs. —Cbs News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026 The case is one of the first major criminal prosecutions at the intersection of national security and prediction markets, a fast-growing sector that allows users to bet on the likelihood of real-world events. —Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2026 In 2002 the Editorial Board of this newspaper began publishing allegations detailing kickbacks by the DA’s staff, cronyism, and political prosecutions. —John O’Hara, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026 Senior Deputy District Attorney Devan Portillo, of the DA Office’s special prosecutions unit, handled the case, with support from a Placer County Sheriff’s Office detective assigned to the county’s Opioid Response Team. —Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2026 Trump was also reportedly frustrated by Bondi's pace of prosecutions against his political foes, despite the Justice Department launching investigations or charging numerous prominent Democrats, anti-Trump Republicans and other political foes on her watch. —Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026 If the law on using a person’s name in a scheme to thwart action by a public agency is not clear enough to support prosecutions, then the law needs to be tightened up — and there is legislation, Senate Bill 1159, aiming to do that. —Mary Nichols, Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2026
Josh Meyer, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026 Yvette Loizon, chief of policy at the state’s attorney’s office, told the judge that declining to sign onto a political statement does not amount to a conflict, adding that making political statements can jeopardize prosecutions. —Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026 Her case is one of several federal prosecutions in Georgia tied to alleged misuse of pandemic unemployment benefits, as officials continue to investigate fraud connected to COVID-era relief programs. —Cbs News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026 The case is one of the first major criminal prosecutions at the intersection of national security and prediction markets, a fast-growing sector that allows users to bet on the likelihood of real-world events. —Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2026 In 2002 the Editorial Board of this newspaper began publishing allegations detailing kickbacks by the DA’s staff, cronyism, and political prosecutions. —John O’Hara, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026 Senior Deputy District Attorney Devan Portillo, of the DA Office’s special prosecutions unit, handled the case, with support from a Placer County Sheriff’s Office detective assigned to the county’s Opioid Response Team. —Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2026 Trump was also reportedly frustrated by Bondi's pace of prosecutions against his political foes, despite the Justice Department launching investigations or charging numerous prominent Democrats, anti-Trump Republicans and other political foes on her watch. —Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026 If the law on using a person’s name in a scheme to thwart action by a public agency is not clear enough to support prosecutions, then the law needs to be tightened up — and there is legislation, Senate Bill 1159, aiming to do that. —Mary Nichols, Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2026
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There have been a number of executions linked to the People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran over the last few weeks.— Will Clark, NBC news, 20 Apr. 2026
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There were executions, mostly of the revenge variety, and not ordered by the politburo in Hanoi.— Louis Menand, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
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These ongoing cycles of infrastructure investment will pave the way for AI implementations that target processes throughout the organization, from the back office to industrial design to manufacturing and shipping.— Terrence Curtin, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026
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Like most other Veo implementations, the videos are eight seconds long and 720p resolution.— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 Apr. 2026
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But Cook’s legacy extends far beyond his supply chain accomplishments.— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
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Dedicated to recognizing those whose accomplishments have profoundly advanced justice and equality, the event will take place on April 29 in Beverly Hills.— Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026
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“Prosecutions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/prosecutions. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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