How to Use recourse in a Sentence

recourse

noun
  • The dispute was settled without recourse to law.
  • At that point, the only recourse was to cancel the event.
    Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 9 Aug. 2022
  • What recourse does a tenant have in the face of climate change?
    Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Throughout the war, Francis has denounced the recourse to arms.
    Frances D'emilio, Chron, 2 Oct. 2022
  • And what recourse do these children have when their basic needs are not met?
    Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 24 July 2023
  • Further signs of impending fall may be found by recourse to the record book.
    Martin Weil, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Now the caps appear to be more rigid: Drugs are cut off with no advance notice or rapid recourse.
    Ellen Gabler, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2023
  • There is no further recourse for the Sox as judgment calls can’t be protested.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2022
  • The best recourse is to remove and destroy any infected plants.
    Steve Bender, Southern Living, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Sick from the fumes, and with no other recourse, Deborah went to court for a protective order to get him out of the house.
    Doug Smithsenior Writer, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2022
  • But the hard truth for Dobbins is that his only real recourse is to be durable and excellent as the Ravens’ No. 1 back this year.
    Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 13 July 2023
  • This was not announced, and no recourse or refunds were offered.
    Gabriel Smith, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2023
  • That's a familiar feeling for many, who said they're left to spiral in their pain without a sense of recourse.
    Phil McCausland, NBC News, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Amid those developments, the courts are seen by activists as a recourse.
    Barry Hatton and Helena Alves, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Sep. 2023
  • They were left to wonder Tuesday if they’d been left with few belongings and even less recourse.
    Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Our only recourse was to walk away before we were evicted.
    Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2022
  • The decision to call off the clearing of Davis Park camps shows the city’s limited recourse while there is no other place for people to go.
    Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 4 July 2023
  • That closed the door to the last legal recourse left to voting-rights groups to challenge partisan entrenchment.
    Matt Ford, The New Republic, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The targets of these attacks often find few means of recourse besides turning back to the internet for help.
    Kat Tenbarge, NBC News, 15 Aug. 2023
  • While few have appetite for a trade war, some feel such an extreme recourse may be necessary if the U.S. side presses ahead.
    Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2022
  • Here’s how things got so bad that a quarter-billion-dollar lawsuit was the only recourse.
    Rachel Shin, Fortune, 15 June 2023
  • Once defined, tangibly outline a recourse for action once a piece of content has been flagged so that your team is on the same page.
    Rahul Raj, Rolling Stone, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The lack of recourse for victims is also attractive to scammers.
    Ken Colburn, The Arizona Republic, 12 Feb. 2023
  • That contract is fully guaranteed, with the Heat with limited salary recourse in the case of a long-term absence.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 23 Apr. 2023
  • The law also gives the EU recourse to the nuclear option of forcing tech companies to sell off parts of their business.
    Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Jackson said the only recourse at this point is the next municipal election, which will be in 2025 after a change in state law.
    Bayne Hughes The Decatur Daily, al, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The only recourse is to cut a winding path through muddy fields that can take anywhere from 20 minutes to an hour and still puts troops at risk from artillery.
    Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2023
  • This leaves victims and families with little recourse and keeps communities in the dark as to the extent of the problems.
    Raquel Rutledge, Journal Sentinel, 24 Mar. 2023
  • With no recourse from the flat’s flighty owner (Emilio Solfrizzi) and no other available lodging, the pair are forced to stay together.
    Courtney Howard, Variety, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Her family refuses to flee the country without her, leaving them stuck in the port city with no recourse.
    Sana Noor Haq, CNN, 26 June 2023

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