How to Use bail in a Sentence
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The 17-year-old, who was charged as an adult, was denied bail.
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Jacques Kelly,
Baltimore Sun,
14 July 2023
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He has since been released on bail and placed on leave.
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Lionel Lim,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2023
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Haskell is being held without bail at the jail in Van Nuys.
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Michael Ruiz,
Fox News,
10 Nov. 2023
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They have been released on bail, and no date has been set for a court hearing.
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Jack Guy,
CNN,
21 June 2023
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The man was booked into the Dane Count Jail but later posted bail.
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CBS News,
5 Oct. 2023
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The couple were released without bail and are due back in court Jan. 25.
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CBS News,
14 Dec. 2023
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King is being held without bail and his next court date is set for June 5.
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David K. Li,
NBC News,
24 May 2023
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Lambros pushed for bail to be set for Cosey, but the judge denied her request.
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Nollyanne Delacruz,
The Mercury News,
27 Mar. 2024
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Williams was sentenced to three years in prison in 2021 for burglary and bail jumping.
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Vanessa Swales,
Journal Sentinel,
6 Mar. 2024
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He was booked into the jail and was being held on no bail, the sheriff’s office said.
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Antonio Planas,
NBC News,
6 Oct. 2023
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The presiding judge has not yet ruled on whether bail will be granted.
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Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune Crypto,
11 May 2023
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Franke has spent the past three months in police custody without bail.
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Ct Jones,
Rolling Stone,
18 Dec. 2023
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He’s held on $1 million bail for the mail-theft incident.
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Ishani Desai,
Sacramento Bee,
28 Jan. 2024
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They are being held at the Fayette County Prison without bail, per court records.
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Samira Asma-Sadeque,
Peoplemag,
9 Feb. 2024
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The suspect is being held without bail at the Emery County jail.
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Scott D. Pierce,
The Salt Lake Tribune,
27 July 2023
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He was arrested and is being held without bail in the Vista jail.
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Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Dec. 2023
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He is being held without bail and is next due in court Tuesday, court records show.
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Julianne McShane,
NBC News,
30 July 2023
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He is being held in Cobb County, Ga., where he has been denied bail.
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Jesus Jiménez,
New York Times,
24 July 2023
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He’s being held on a $10 million bail, per the Los Angeles Times.
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Christine Pelisek,
Peoplemag,
26 Dec. 2023
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He has been held without bail in the Suffolk County Jail since his arrest.
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Pat Milton,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2024
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Bradley is being held without bail and faces up to life in prison, if convicted.
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Natalie Kainz,
NBC News,
19 Dec. 2023
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The three men decided not to object to O’Conor’s request that Davis be released on bail.
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Jill Lepore,
The New Yorker,
4 Dec. 2023
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Galeana, 21, remained jailed Tuesday in lieu of $1 million bail.
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Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Mar. 2024
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Judge Aaron Katz ordered him to remain held without bail.
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David Hernandez,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 June 2023
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Since his arrest, Masterson has been out of jail on a $3.3 million bail.
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Kelly Wynne,
Peoplemag,
31 May 2023
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Once Ma was back in custody, a judge declined to set bail for her, noting that Ma had been in a position of trust.
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Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 July 2023
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He is being held without bail at the Douglas County Jail.
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Bailey Richards,
Peoplemag,
25 Nov. 2023
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He was held without bail and faces a maximum of 25 years in prison if convicted.
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Adam Shaw,
Fox News,
8 Aug. 2023
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At the hearing, prosecutors did not request bail, due to a lack of evidence at the time.
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Walter Ray Watson,
NPR,
19 Apr. 2024
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In seeking to raise Paz’s bail before trial, Placentia Sgt.
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Hannah Fry,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2024
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Powell could have bailed for friends, drinks on ice, the Aegean Sea.
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Andrew Greif,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Jan. 2024
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But, to this point, Manfred said MLB has not had to bail any teams out.
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Evan Grant,
Dallas News,
25 Oct. 2020
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There, he’s put under arrest, and the colony’s men go to bail him out.
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Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
6 Jan. 2023
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Sam Bankman-Fried’s parents used their house to bail him out.
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Los Angeles Times,
31 Jan. 2023
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As a result, many S&Ls failed and the government had to step in to bail them out.
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Nicole Goodkind,
CNN,
14 Mar. 2023
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In the absence of the rest of the colony’s men, who’ve left town to bail the rapists out of jail, the women must decide what comes next.
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Lauren Puckett-Pope,
ELLE,
24 Jan. 2023
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At this point, a McLaughlin field goal couldn't bail the Shamrocks out.
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J.l. Kirven,
The Courier-Journal,
24 Sep. 2022
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That’s the case every year, after all, even when a huge chunk of the cast didn’t bail or get fired.
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Bill Goodykoontz,
The Arizona Republic,
30 Sep. 2022
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This time, unlike a week ago, the defense couldn't bail the offense out.
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Rod Walker,
NOLA.com,
21 Sep. 2020
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New England couldn’t bail itself out of the early hole, and had to punt.
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Christopher Price,
BostonGlobe.com,
20 Nov. 2022
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The Stars have shown holes in other areas, but, for now, the power play has bailed them out.
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Tim Cowlishaw,
Dallas News,
5 May 2023
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In the wake of the crash, Walsh's clients began to bail, his attorneys wrote in court filings.
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CBS News,
10 Nov. 2023
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In the wake of the crash, Walsh’s clients began to bail, his attorneys wrote in court filings.
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Richard Lardner,
Fortune,
13 Nov. 2023
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No blockers, no screens, no one to bail you out or give you an assist.
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San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Jan. 2023
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Signify is not about to bail on the standard as Belkin did last week.
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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy,
The Verge,
27 Mar. 2023
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Chicago then as now was a Democratic stronghold, and the GOP wasn’t about to bail it out.
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Ron Grossman,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Sep. 2022
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While the Roy kids are held in place by that family tie, Gerri could bail at any time.
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Jessica M. Goldstein,
Marie Claire,
9 Nov. 2021
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Percy wants to bail on Princeton to be with Maddie, and his parents are pissed.
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Emma Specter,
Vogue,
16 Aug. 2023
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When burnout does creep in, your work friends can bail you out and bring a little reprieve to your nine-to-five, says Ashley Olivine, Ph.D.
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Kells McPhillips,
Fortune Well,
16 Oct. 2023
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Watch when there's the first police shooting, this guy will bail on every one of these reforms.
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Fox News Staff,
Fox News,
24 Jan. 2022
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Sounds like your phone is the secret line for everybody to bail them out of a musical jam.
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Brandon Caldwell,
Vulture,
22 Sep. 2023
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Democrats will have to decide whether to join McCarthy’s foes and vote to topple him or side with the speaker’s allies and bail him out.
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Elizabeth Robinson,
NBC News,
3 Oct. 2023
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Then, Ben noticed that one of the crew members who bailed kept plummeting, no tell-tale silk plume came out of his pack.
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Steve Straessle,
Arkansas Online,
3 July 2023
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Jennings then was taken to Talladega County Jail and had to wait for his wife to bail him out.
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Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com,
al,
10 Sep. 2022
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Perhaps only once, in the 1980s, when daughter Jill Tovey and her husband had to bail her out after a protest over Nicaragua.
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Christopher Reynolds,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Apr. 2023
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Don’t bail him out with friends and family who are waiting for an answer.
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cleveland,
21 Nov. 2021
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Sonsthagen phoned two people and pleaded with them to bail him out.
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Elliot Hughes,
Journal Sentinel,
2 Aug. 2022
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That all said, Netflix says there’s still a chance the broad crackdown causes many users to bail, which could affect its revenues.
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Michael Kan,
PCMAG,
18 Apr. 2023
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Investor panic was rampant, and investors bailed at the worst possible time.
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Steve Booren,
The Denver Post,
21 Jan. 2024
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Potential borrowers now have every reason to take on more student debt, knowing that one day the federal government will bail them out.
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Matthew Continetti,
National Review,
24 Feb. 2024
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