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Recent Examples of kangaroo court
The report was simply a kangaroo court that already knew its conclusions before the first witness was called.
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IEEE Spectrum, 31 Mar. 2024
Which seems an odd determination from a court of inquiry about the shipboard officers’ council, which was fairly clearly a kangaroo court.
—Howard Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
Hunter was credited with starting the Orioles’ kangaroo court.
—Paul McCardell, Baltimore Sun, 17 Jan. 2024
Bunker said the ordeal felt like a kangaroo court and that the committee had made up their minds before the hearing even began.
—Andrea Mew, National Review, 20 Dec. 2023
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IEEE Spectrum, 31 Mar. 2024
Which seems an odd determination from a court of inquiry about the shipboard officers’ council, which was fairly clearly a kangaroo court.
—Howard Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
Hunter was credited with starting the Orioles’ kangaroo court.
—Paul McCardell, Baltimore Sun, 17 Jan. 2024
Bunker said the ordeal felt like a kangaroo court and that the committee had made up their minds before the hearing even began.
—Andrea Mew, National Review, 20 Dec. 2023
See All Example Sentences for kangaroo court
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kangaroo court
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The high court ruling was not unlike the justices’ decision on May 19 that allowed the administration to revoke deportation protections and work permits for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans living in Florida and other states with Temporary Protected Status granted during the Biden presidency.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
30 May 2025
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The trial took place one month before the Supreme Court delivered a landmark ruling expanding the scope of presidential immunity, and Trump's lawyers have argued that the evidence would have not been permitted based on the high court's ruling.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
30 May 2025
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The letter, which was started by development producer Sid Strickland of Motive Pictures and script editor Jack Casey, expresses solidarity for the trans, non-binary and intersex communities impacted by the supreme court ruling.—
Diana Lodderhose,
Deadline,
30 Apr. 2025
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The supreme court statement also included a similar remark.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2025
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Bernard Kerik, former New York Police Commissioner, speaks during a news conference outside Manhattan criminal court in New York on May 20, 2024.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
30 May 2025
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Instead of the traditional traffic ticket, the e-bike riders caught violating vehicle traffic laws are being given a criminal court summons.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
16 May 2025
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Biden's physical and mental decline in office and its cover up by those around him is a legitimate scandal worthy of inquisition.—
Carlo Versano,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 May 2025
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This eccentric novel—by turns a workplace comedy, a philosophical inquisition, and a smorgasbord of bodily horror—is given life by Larraquy’s electric prose and by the merciless passions of his characters.—
The Atlantic,
The Atlantic,
15 May 2025
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Their unit commanders called in Dr. Coates and several fellow soldiers and threatened them with court-martial and execution.—
Anna Mulrine Grobe,
Christian Science Monitor,
30 Apr. 2025
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The base provost marshal and military police supported the driver, and Robinson was subject to court-martial.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Apr. 2025
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“Kangaroo court.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kangaroo%20court. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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