accuser

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Noun
  • The petitioners also argue the appeals court gave too much deference to the CPUC and the ruling did not go far enough to help disadvantaged communities.
    Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2025
  • But one student—Frederick, the petitioner—did not comply and was suspended for 10 days.
    Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 May 2025
Noun
  • Running battles between troublemakers and members of the CRS, France’s notorious riot police, continued throughout the night.
    Tom Williams, New York Times, 2 June 2025
  • Honestly, these lovable troublemakers could have starred in their own version of Homeward Bound.
    EW Staff, EW.com, 27 May 2025
Noun
  • Other appellants include Paige Brown and C. Scott of the Department of Labor, and the Federal Aviation Administration’s Ronisca Chambers.
    Curtis Bunn, NBC news, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Appeals to the City Council now are based only specific points raised by the appellant.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Prosecutors and the defense team have been carefully treading the Molineux rule, which generally prohibits using evidence of a defendant’s prior bad behavior to prove their propensity to commit the charges in question.
    Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 9 June 2025
  • Orders included a decision to hear an Alabama capital murder case in which a defendant was convicted and sentenced to death for a murder in 1997.
    Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 7 June 2025
Noun
  • For example, Sherman, who joined the show’s cast in 2021, is his greatest tormentor.
    Michael Tedder, The Atlantic, 17 May 2025
  • The identity of his tormentors and their reason for targeting him remains a mystery until the final minutes, which turn the episode into one sick, distasteful joke.
    Charles Bramesco, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • For troops involved in the court battles as plaintiffs, leaving voluntarily now would likely hurt their standing in the case.
    Lolita C. Baldor, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025
  • The two class action suits are among the first to challenge insurance companies over ghost networks, said Steve Cohen, a lawyer at Pollock Cohen in New York who is representing the plaintiffs in both cases as well as Mazzola.
    Vicky Nguyen, NBC news, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • Katie Strang and Dan Robson have all those details here, including a member of the public recording proceedings with Ray-Ban Meta glasses and a lawyer leaking the location of the complainant on a radio station.
    Sam Settleman, New York Times, 17 May 2025
  • The Sun Sentinel has independently confirmed Pryor as the complainant and is identifying her because another newspaper, The Coastal Star, did previously.
    Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 10 May 2025
Noun
  • Listen to this article 3 min Legendary comedian Jerry Seinfeld faced anti-Israel hecklers while leaving a New York Knicks game.
    Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2025
  • Some Republicans appear to be taking precautions to prevent hecklers.
    Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
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