accuser

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Noun
  • Lawyer Eric Baxter, who is representing the petitioners in the case, was skeptical that such a ruling would lead to countless lawsuits.
    BrieAnna J. Frank, USA Today, 3 June 2025
  • Noteworthy is that all but two of Harvard’s Ivy League peers — Cornell University and Columbia University — were included in the group of petitioners.
    Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
Noun
  • The division, which patrols downtown, said on X that troublemakers were throwing objects at officers at Los Angeles and Temple streets, adjacent to the federal building.
    Sarah Dean, NBC news, 10 June 2025
  • Those are but a few of King’s most memorable troublemakers.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 4 June 2025
Noun
  • Future appeals will be considered on all applicable information instead of only the issues raised by the appellant, a change intended to give the council more discretion and save staff time.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2025
  • The hotel intends to appeal or otherwise challenge the decision, appellant lawyer Wendy Lascher told the Los Angeles Times.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • When New York comptroller and fellow mayoral candidate Brad Lander was taken into ICE custody this week while escorting a defendant out of immigration court, Mamdani stood alongside Lander’s wife and protested the arrest.
    CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2025
  • Some of the findings should bolster plaintiffs’ arguments, while others may be more helpful to defendants.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 20 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
  • On Tuesday, the court expanded the injunction to apply to any passport holder, not only the plaintiffs, pausing the policy while the lawsuit plays out.
    Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 19 June 2025
  • Both sides, meaning the plaintiffs being the athletes and the defendants meaning the conferences and the NCAA.
    Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • In the years that followed there have been a number of civil suits brought by female complainants against Cuomo that have not been resolved.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 20 June 2025
  • The complainants allege that ONE violated the Shipping Act of 1984 by contracting a certain amount of cargo space, then informing QVC and Cornerstone that the space was unavailable.
    Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • Cousins approached the fan while clutching his private parts—a gesture seemingly meant to intimidate, prompting the heckler to raise both middle fingers at the Alabama native.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 10 June 2025
  • 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
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“Accuser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accuser. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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