ruled

Example Sentences

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The visitors had to respond and thought they had forced over at a ruck through Marcell Coetzee but the TMO ruled against them.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Siding with the federal government, a judge ruled on Friday that David Rush, 49, was a severe flight risk with the means and motive to evade detection, and must remain in jail until his trial.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

The court had ruled in favor of the attorneys’ clients, halting the deportation of three family members from India, according to the San Francisco Chronicle, and the disciplinary ruling did not alter that November decision.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

After the EIC defeated Mughal forces in 1757, it ruled large parts of India, producing opium there to rebalance trade deficits with China, albeit illegally.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

“I don’t understand. Hadn’t we ruled them out?”

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse