How to Use rehear in a Sentence

rehear

verb
  • The group was one of nine that had petitioned the court to rehear the case.
    — Henry Fountain, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2022
  • The same court last week declined the city’s request to rehear the case.
    — Peter Jamison, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2017
  • The wait just gives the losing side time to ask the justices to rehear the case.
    — Ella Lee, The Hill, 6 May 2026
  • Their vote for declining to rehear the case was not made public.
    — Kevin Rector, Anchorage Daily News, 7 July 2023
  • The court ordered that the case be reheard to settle damages.
    — The Economist, 28 Mar. 2018
  • The full appeals court, however, agreed last week to rehear the case.
    — Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2019
  • The full appeals court agreed to rehear the case, but its judges deadlocked 5 to 5.
    — Adam Liptak, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2018
  • But the full court voted to vacate that ruling and rehear the matter.
    — Charlie Savage, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2020
  • Some legal experts are skeptical that the court will agree to rehear the case.
    — Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The order did not establish a timeline for when the full bench would rehear the case.
    — Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The House has asked the full appeals court to rehear the subpoena case.
    — Charlie Savage, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2020
  • A day after the vote, Braun called on the commission to rehear the case.
    — Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026
  • Lin said there is no specific timetable for the appeals court to decide whether to rehear the case or not.
    — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2024
  • The court can also decide to rehear the case if a majority of the judges vote to do so.
    — Stefan Becket, Robert Legare, CBS News, 24 June 2020
  • Trump’s two appointees to the Washington court said the full court should have reheard the case.
    — Mark Sherman, Twin Cities, 14 Nov. 2019
  • Pitch, 80, died just two weeks after the announcement the case would be reheard.
    — NBC News, 22 Oct. 2019
  • But the full court voted to rehear the case, and is set to hear oral arguments Tuesday.
    — NBC News, 22 Oct. 2019
  • The full appeals court declined to rehear the case in March earlier this year.
    — Anthony Leonardi, Washington Examiner, 20 Aug. 2020
  • But the full court agreed to rehear the case and convened Tuesday in Pasadena.
    — Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Barrett joined three conservative judges in asking for the ruling to be tossed and for the full court to rehear the case.
    — Rick Pearson, chicagotribune.com, 25 Sep. 2020
  • The state has asked for a larger panel of judges to rehear the case, and a hearing is set for June 22.
    — Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2021
  • The Supreme Court denied in June a petition to rehear the case.
    — Roxana Kopetman, Orange County Register, 7 Feb. 2017
  • In a rare move, the full appeals court granted Sullivan's request to rehear the case.
    — Kristine Phillips, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2020
  • The appeals court later denied Musk's request for an en banc rehearing in front of all the court's judges.
    — Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 29 Apr. 2024
  • The full appeals court, in a rare move, granted Sullivan's request to rehear the case.
    — Kristine Phillips, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2020
  • The full 5th Circuit then declined to rehear Landor's case.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 23 June 2026
  • The full 9th Circuit declined to rehear the case over the objections of 11 judges.
    — Arkansas Online, 16 Jan. 2022
  • The roots are deep, the canopy wide, and the song in the leaves, especially in the hands of an ensemble like this one, always worth rehearing.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2026
  • The cases will be reheard in the 2017 term that begins in October.
    — Richard Wolf, USA TODAY, 26 June 2017
  • The full 9th Circuit declined to rehear the case over the dissent of 13 active judges and four senior judges.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2024

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