How to Use seek damages in a Sentence
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The high court also said that the three men were entitled to seek damages.
—Brandon Tensley, CNN, 9 Sep. 2021
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Parents could also seek damages.
—Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 10 Mar. 2026
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The families seek damages of more than $1 million.
—Katey Psencik, Austin American Statesman, 10 Nov. 2025
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Those claims seek damages from the retail chains as distributors of painkillers but not as dispensers.
—Mark Gillespie, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2020
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The new bill would allow victims to seek damages and restraining orders.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Jan. 2026
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Elizabeth Zavala has more on the suits, which seek damages in excess of $1 million.
—San Antonio Express-News, 28 Jan. 2021
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Plaintiffs seek damages for those affected by the water crisis.
—CNN, 9 Dec. 2022
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Rather than seek damages, the nonprofit asked the court to force Shell to reduce its carbon emissions.
—Sarah McFarlane, WSJ, 26 May 2021
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The men who filed the lawsuit seek damages and a temporary restraining order.
—Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 23 July 2024
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Kesha will also be allowed to seek damages and legal-fee repayment.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 30 June 2021
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The plaintiffs seek damages on behalf of all Starbucks workers in those states, whether or not their stores are unionized.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2025
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If that suit and a similar one don’t succeed, victims could forgo the claims process and seek damages in federal court.
—Patrick Lohmann, ProPublica, 4 Jan. 2024
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The suits seek damages for injuries and psychological trauma to the people aboard the train.
—Amy Beth Hanson and Matthew Brown, USA TODAY, 27 Oct. 2021
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The complaint does not seek damages related to any personal injuries.
—Denise Royal, CNN, 20 July 2024
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Hough is asking for a trial by jury for her claims and plans to seek damages as well as statutory damages and attorney's fees.
—Elise Brisco, USA TODAY, 22 Sep. 2021
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The suits seek damages to deter such behavior in the future and injunctions restoring my accounts.
—Donald J. Trump, WSJ, 8 July 2021
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Schecter also ruled that Kesha will now be able to seek damages and attorneys fee, the outlet reported.
—Gabrielle Chung, PEOPLE.com, 1 July 2021
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The plaintiffs seek damages and a ban on schools collaborating to calculate aid packages.
—Grayson Quay, The Week, 10 Jan. 2022
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The legal threat, announced Monday, marks the first time Airbnb will seek damages against a customer for throwing a party.
—Danielle Abril, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2020
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Once signed into law, students or employees can seek damages under Florida's civil rights laws.
—Rick Klein, ABC News, 11 Mar. 2022
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In short, a plaintiff can seek damages for business or property loss regardless of whether the loss resulted from a personal injury.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
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Both lawsuits allege invasion of privacy and negligence and seek damages.
—Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2023
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Under state law, plaintiffs can seek damages for broad and open-ended claims such as a failure to warn of a danger, false advertising or creating a public nuisance.
—David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
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The bills give parents the right to sue for the death of an unborn child and seek damages for mental pain and suffering, loss of future support and services, and medical expenses.
—Eleanor Sobel, Sun Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2026
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Chaney's attorney, Leonard Mungo, said the lawsuit doesn't just seek damages but is designed to deter the type of conduct alleged in the complaint.
—Corey Williams, Detroit Free Press, 22 July 2021
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Individuals who are misled by these centers can sue and seek damages under the new law, which takes effect immediately via an urgency clause.
—Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2022
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Some states let families sue clinics that fail to screen donors, even when the parents seek damages associated with the birth of the child with a dangerous genetic condition.
—Sonia Suter, Quartz, 22 Jan. 2022
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The lawsuits seek damages for the physical and emotional injuries the plaintiffs sustained during the insurrection.
—Eric Tucker and Alanna Durkin Richer, ajc, 3 Mar. 2023
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Maryland continues to seek damages from the shipping company responsible for the bridge collapse, with any proceeds used to help offset construction costs.
—Associate News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
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Current and former tenants will also have a second opportunity to seek damages for the improper fees in a class-action lawsuit that won a successful appeal last month.
—Sophie Kasakove, ProPublica, 21 Feb. 2023
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