Sami's conviction was upheld.
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Upheld
//ʌpˈhɛld//
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If ever there was a cause, if ever there can be a cause, worthy to be upheld by all of toil or sacrifice that the human heart can endure, it is the cause of Education.
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These conditions can be changed and the interest of the working class upheld only by an organization formed in such a way that all its members in any one industry, or in all industries if necessary, cease work whenever a strike or lockout is on in any department thereof, thus making an injury to one an injury to all.
Source: tatoeba (7847214)
Quebec's blatantly discriminatory and hateful law was upheld by the Quebec Superior Court.
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