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Sentences with reprieve

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  • Fourteen people, waiting to be hanged for the murder of a former prime minister, have been reprieved. [be VERB-ed]
  • A man awaiting death by lethal injection has been saved by a last minute reprieve.
  • It looked as though the college would have to shut, but this week it was given a reprieve.
  • The government has reprieved the company with a huge loan
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