How to Use take legal action in a Sentence

take legal action

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  • That said, Taylor did take legal action based on those claims.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 20 Mar. 2025
  • If a minor does access the site, their parent or guardian can take legal action.
    Nadia Scharf, The Courier-Journal, 1 July 2024
  • Rodgers' comment prompted a response from the late night talk show host, who threatened to take legal action.
    Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2024
  • In a statement, Misley said the change in the law encouraged her to take legal action.
    Chuck Johnston, CNN, 31 Dec. 2022
  • Carmel Barasch and Richard Grossman were the first to take legal action against Schiff.
    Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 19 Mar. 2025
  • The Vietnamese government needs to take legal action to finally end the use of bears for their bile.
    Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 27 May 2024
  • Can Wisconsin take legal action now?
    Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Amodei says Anthropic plans to take legal action.
    March 1, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2026
  • But Mayor Brett Smiley has urged the council not to take legal action.
    Steph MacHado, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2023
  • The photographer opted not to take legal action against Cruz.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 20 Sep. 2024
  • The protests have spurred some officials to take legal action against Just Stop Oil members.
    Angelica Villa, ARTnews.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • And Meyer signaled that the newspaper might take legal action against the county.
    Oliver Darcy, CNN, 16 Aug. 2023
  • If the violations are not promptly addressed, the agency may take legal action.
    Maya Davis, CNN, 16 July 2024
  • However, the council will meet in closed session with the city attorney to discuss whether the city will take legal action.
    Hannah Elsmore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
  • He has been sent to harsh punishment cells 10 times for up to 15 days, and was even forced to take legal action to get winter boots.
    Robyn Dixon, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2023
  • One senior figure said Croxall should take legal action against her employer.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Officials have even promised to sue any states that take legal action against Kalshi, per NPR.
    Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Mayor Brett Smiley would prefer the council not take legal action.
    Steph MacHado, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2023
  • Shin later restored affected content and announced plans to take legal action against the label.
    Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Youngkin’s model policies were met with sharp criticism, sparking student walkouts and vows to take legal action.
    Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Could her family take legal action against Amazon or the author for publishing it?
    Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Having a mandate from Congress could insulate from those challenges, although the right may well take legal action in any case.
    Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 30 June 2023
  • But the company had been out of compliance and hadn’t paid their lease for some time, the governor said, leading the city to take legal action before the fire.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
  • This is just the latest group of authors to take legal action against OpenAI over its training data.
    Emma Roth, The Verge, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Fazio encouraged Connecticut to take legal action against its neighbors.
    John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Lastly, the bill gives parents or legal guardians of minors the power to take legal action against businesses where their child might have attended a drag show.
    James Factora, Them, 19 Feb. 2025
  • However, laws limit how long creditors or debt collectors can take legal action to recover a debt.
    Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Bonta is one of more than a dozen Democratic attorneys general who vowed a day earlier to take legal action.
    Jason Green, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2025
  • Once the harms are documented, the results would be publicly available and could lead state attorneys general to take legal action.
    Mark Kreidler, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2024
  • The attorney general said his office will take legal action if Life Time doesn’t change its policy.
    Tiffany Rizzo, Sun Sentinel, 14 May 2025

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