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Recent Examples of kangaroo court
Bunker said the ordeal felt like a kangaroo court and that the committee had made up their minds before the hearing even began.
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Andrea Mew, National Review, 20 Dec. 2023
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson called a parliamentary committee investigating him a kangaroo court.
—Max Colchester, WSJ, 9 June 2023
The mayor set up a kangaroo court in the station.
—David A. Taylor, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2021
Frank’s arrest and kangaroo court trial occupy much of the musical’s two and a half hours; note is taken in passing of a campaign by a small army of outsiders — Thomas Edison and Henry Ford among them — to win Frank’s release.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2023
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Andrea Mew, National Review, 20 Dec. 2023
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson called a parliamentary committee investigating him a kangaroo court.
—Max Colchester, WSJ, 9 June 2023
The mayor set up a kangaroo court in the station.
—David A. Taylor, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2021
Frank’s arrest and kangaroo court trial occupy much of the musical’s two and a half hours; note is taken in passing of a campaign by a small army of outsiders — Thomas Edison and Henry Ford among them — to win Frank’s release.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kangaroo court
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But in a surprising decision in 2023, the high court declined an invitation to reshape Section 2 of the landmark voting law and invalidated Alabama's congressional map drawn by Republican lawmakers after the 2020 Census.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2025
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This high court typically has tried to avoid immigration disputes, but Trump's team aims to force its hand.—
Marc Caputo,
Axios,
19 Mar. 2025
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The entirety of that donation, like those before it, will go toward keeping ESA recipients in the school of their choosing, ensuring they are not harmed by the state supreme court’s decision last fall.—
Patrick Gleason,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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On January 8, a huge mob of Bolsonaro supporters stormed the three branches of government: the presidential palace, the congress, and the supreme court.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
27 Feb. 2025
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Suspected assassin Luigi Mangione returns to a New York criminal court Friday for a hearing in connection with state murder and terrorism charges in a sprawling case surrounding the assassination-style murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan.—
Michael Ruiz,
Fox News,
21 Feb. 2025
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Emil Bove, attorney for former US President Donald Trump, attends at Manhattan criminal court in New York, US, on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025.—
Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
14 Feb. 2025
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More snarky inquisitions continue deep into the episode when Morton hosts a lavish birthday party at her Atlanta mansion and both Williams and Kenya Moore, who’s noticeably been omitted from the season’s promo images, are introduced to the show’s new crew.—
Brande Victorian,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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Movies At Telluride, ‘Conclave’ pleases, even if other Oscar hopefuls aren’t ready for prime time Sept. 1, 2024 Early on, Callas parried these inquisitions with humor.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Nov. 2024
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He later was acquitted of the six counts, including insubordination, but the court-martial prevented him from deploying to fight in Europe with his battalion.—
Terence Moore,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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Though he was found not guilty of the six counts, including insubordination, the court-martial prevented him from deploying to fight in Europe with his battalion.—
Curtis Bunn,
NBC News,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Kangaroo court.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kangaroo%20court. Accessed 27 Mar. 2025.
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