death warrant
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- By publicly condemning the terrorists, he was signing his own death warrant.
- The king refused to sign the death warrant for his old friend.
- The king signed the traitor's death warrant without a moment's hesitation.
- Historically, monarchs held the power to issue a death warrant.
- Ignoring customer feedback is a death warrant for any new business.
- After a lengthy trial, a death warrant was finally issued for the traitor.
- For a diabetic, eating that much sugar is like signing your own death warrant.
- The prisoner spent his last days dreading the arrival of his death warrant.
- Once the death warrant is issued by the judge, the execution date will be set.
- The governor's decision to sign the death warrant sparked widespread protests.
- The senator knew that voting against his party's bill would be a political death warrant.
- Records show that several death warrants were signed during that brutal regime.
- Did the governor actually sign the death warrant, or was it a forgery?
- Without a valid death warrant, the execution could not legally proceed.
- Continued deforestation is essentially a death warrant for countless species.
- The old document, yellowed with age, was identified as a death warrant from the 17th century.
- The prisoner's final appeal was denied, and the death warrant was read aloud.
- He was shocked to discover that a death warrant had been secretly issued against him.
- Betraying the mob boss was a death warrant, and he knew he had to disappear.
- The legal team desperately appealed to prevent the signing of the death warrant.