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codefendants

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variants or co-defendants

plural of codefendant

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The defendants’ decision not to question a witness did not amount to carrying out the agreements, the government argued, because the agreements did not require that action and the defendants had not withdrawn their pending motions.

— Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 27 Aug. 2026
Under Schrama's 11-page order, Mohammed and three co-defendants — Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak bin 'Atash, Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi, and Ali Abdul Aziz Ali — will stand trial starting on June 5, 2028.

— Steve Gorman, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026

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Vetting plaintiffs Hanaway said that her office reached out to Cacioppo after a referral from local business associations.

— Jack Harvel August 26, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026
In earlier testimony at the Oakland trial, Francesco Fogu, Instagram’s director of product design, had contentious exchanges with the plaintiffs’ lawyer over internal chats and documents shown to the jury.

— Barbara Ortutay, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026

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