accuser

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Recent Examples of accuser An Epstein accuser's memoir Virginia Giuffre, born Virginia Roberts, was among the most outspoken of Jeffrey Epstein's abuse accusers. Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025 Carroccia strictly questioned the 20-year-old accuser’s definition of consent during the trial, according to reports. Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025 Lorch was only suspended at the time, and was seemingly desperate to bottle up a second accuser’s story. Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2025 And as the cast — including Ayo Edebiri and Andrew Garfield who play the accuser and the accused, respectively — engage in an unflinching battle of wits, navigating one knotty maneuver after another, what stands out is their clothes, which are as sharp as the dialogue. Kati Chitrakorn, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025 Inevitably, the accuser and perpetrator enter a bloodthirsty hunt where either side seeks after their own personal form of justice. Malik Peay, Essence, 9 Oct. 2025 On April 29, 2024, as these tactical debates were playing out within the prosecutor’s office, Khan’s accuser burst into tears in front of a female colleague, and did so again, later that day, in the office of one of Khan’s senior advisers. David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025 Cassie and another accuser, Jane, told jurors that Diddy brought them into his troubled world under the false auspices of a romantic relationship. Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025 But the alternative would entail that each accuser has to separately litigate their claim of abuse in the Alameda County Superior Court, a lengthy process that attorneys said could wear out their clients’ resolve. Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for accuser
Noun
  • The documentary tells the true story of a teenage couple relentlessly bullied via text by an anonymous harasser.
    EW.com, EW.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The trial court merely instructed counsel not to manage petitioner’s testimony during that break.
    Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The petitioners filed a petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court in April.
    Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Malala Yousafzai is a bit of a troublemaker.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Mindy Kaling once called me a Loki, like a bit of a troublemaker.
    Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In a previous statement to Maryland Matters, an EPA spokesperson criticized Maryland for not complying with its directive to reissue the air permit with instructions for appellants to go to the Environmental Appeals Board.
    Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Appeals are filed online through the county here, and appellants should get a confirmation email after filing, Beasley said.
    Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • The defendants have denied the allegations.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Vance plays Leila’s boss at the law firm; Shaw plays a partner at the firm and Leila’s second chair; Rhys plays Leila’s husband, the prosecutor on the case; and Reynor plays her client, the defendant.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The mind could wander briefly about the Giants riding a two-game winning streak into a Thursday Night Football matchup with the Eagles, equipped to knock off their tormentors who suddenly look vulnerable.
    Dan Duggan, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • On the Met’s stage, the writer — called, say, Jamal Khashoggi — would be sung by a heroic tenor, his tormentor by a demonic baritone.
    Justin Davidson, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • It might have been produced, and not merely set, in a torturer’s basement.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Simply the possibility of taking some kind of revenge on the man who may or may not have been their torturer suddenly becomes an existential fact each person must confront in his or her own way.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Court rules don't allow plaintiffs to submit additional evidence to counter a motion to dismiss, Alex said.
    Paul Egan, Freep.com, 23 Oct. 2025
  • McPherson's older sister and former JVHS girls' volleyball player Madison McPherson is the third plaintiff in that lawsuit.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025

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