pronounce sentence(He eventually popped up in the Tverskoi District Court, but his sentence was not pronounced until the Triumfalnaya Ploshchad rally started in the evening, a delay that looked like an attempt to avoid fueling tensions. TMT Alexander Demidov)
spell the death of(The plan spelt the death of professional football in the city. • Increasing EU involvement in taxation could spell the death of the nation state.Andrey Truhachev)