Sentence examples for that was quashed from inspiring English sources

There's the Newsnight investigation that was quashed, and, more crucially, the suggestion that a culture of sexism and the lax moral standards at the corporation had fostered an unquestioning attitude towards Savile.

This fear isn't unfounded: in 2014 Titina Nzolameso had her children taken into care after refusing an out-of-borough placement, a decision that was quashed by the high court a year later.

Coached by John Harbaugh, the Ravens' rookie kicker Justin Tucker attempted to convert a fake field goal into a rushing touchdown a brave, if painful, endeavor that was quashed before he reached the end zone.

She was alluding to the Republican nominee's efforts four years ago to add a "tolerance" provision expressing room for other views on abortion, an effort that was quashed by social conservatives.

As well as demanding that Mr. Zardari rescind his decisions of Feb. 25, Mr. Sharif is insisting that the government reinstate an independent judiciary that was quashed by the former president, Pervez Musharraf, two years ago.

It took four years for Roger Sylvester, another Tottenham resident whose life ended in police custody, to be declared "unlawfully killed", a verdict that was quashed a year later.

Excerpts include details of two separate planned coups concocted in 2004 that were quashed by the then chief of the general staff, Hilmi Ozkok.

Protesters from both sides sometimes faced armed attacks by unknown groups, with more than 90 people killed in 2010 during pro-Thaksin demonstrations that were quashed by the army.

Prisoner X, the subject of Israeli news reports in 2010 that were quashed by the broad court order, was identified by an Australian television report last week as Ben Zygier, a 34-year-old lawyer and father of two who grew up in the Melbourne area, immigrated to Israel as a young man, served in the military and may have worked for the Mossad, Israel's intelligence agency.

The reason you have been mostly spared that in the States is that it was quashed by party-pooping Puritans who were horrified by the wild abandon and made sure none of this was carried into the New World.

That conviction was quashed and in November 2012 Mrs Justice Hogg in the family court ruled that Ellie should be returned to her parents by the end of the year.