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Judge in Trump civil fraud case sent envelope with white powder, source says (www.nbcnews.com)
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[–] sanpedropeddler@sh.itjust.works 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That's how I interpreted it. There are many ways to write that which completely avoid confusion, but they chose the only way that allows that confusion.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 14 points 9 months ago

I mean, the core of the sentence—if it were normal English and not newspaper headline English—is “judge sent envelope.” Their copy editor can and should do better.