"stay" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- There was a steady stream of protesters outside, but no last-minute stays.
- By the mid-1980's, though, more and more appeals for last-minute stays of execution were reaching the court.
- Only an appellate court's last-minute stay of eviction prevented a confrontation.
- Stroman's execution was the eighth in Texas during 2011 so far, and came as his lawyers sought a last-minute stay at the nation's highest court.
- Barring last-minute stays, Brazil's Senate is expected to reach a verdict in the impeachment trial on Tuesday.
- They frequently vote to grant last-minute stays of execution, even when the death-row inmates' claims are plainly frivolous.
- Limbaugh supports capital punishment, saying "the only thing cruel about the death penalty is last-minute stays."
- Research gathered in the making of the film led to a last-minute stay of execution.
- In October, a Houston federal judge granted a last-minute stay to Dominique Green, but the state appealed.
- "It is as if the governor has issued a last-minute stay of execution for those magnificent creatures on the edge of extinction."
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