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Recent Examples of ambulance chaser
In the case of Jay-Z, the billionaire has come out swinging against attorney Tony Buzbee, branding him an ambulance chaser and calling him a 1-800 lawyer.
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Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
My heart and support goes out to true victims in the world, who have to watch how their life story is dressed in costume for profitability by this ambulance chaser in a cheap suit.
—Shannon Power, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
My heart and support goes out to the true victims in the world, who have to watch how their life story is dressed in costume for profitability by this ambulance chaser in a cheap suit.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024
Critics knock 'ambulance chasers at times of racial trauma.
—Neal Justin, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2023
This results in people who use astrology as an excuse to be an ambulance chaser or to create viral, fear-mongering social media content.
—Diana Rose Harper, Wired, 5 Jan. 2022
On the one hand, people have referred to you as Black America’s attorney general, helping David fight Goliath, while on the other, critics have called you an opportunist or ambulance chaser.
—Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2020
Corporations portrayed tort lawyers as ambulance chasers seeking to make a buck through frivolous litigation.
—Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2019
Then, after Notre Dame cathedral burned in April, architects played ambulance chasers, rushing in with drawings that proposed rebuilding the landmark with such nonsensical features as a rooftop swimming pool and a twisting spire.
—Blair Kamin, chicagotribune.com, 19 July 2019
Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
My heart and support goes out to true victims in the world, who have to watch how their life story is dressed in costume for profitability by this ambulance chaser in a cheap suit.
—Shannon Power, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
My heart and support goes out to the true victims in the world, who have to watch how their life story is dressed in costume for profitability by this ambulance chaser in a cheap suit.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024
Critics knock 'ambulance chasers at times of racial trauma.
—Neal Justin, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2023
This results in people who use astrology as an excuse to be an ambulance chaser or to create viral, fear-mongering social media content.
—Diana Rose Harper, Wired, 5 Jan. 2022
On the one hand, people have referred to you as Black America’s attorney general, helping David fight Goliath, while on the other, critics have called you an opportunist or ambulance chaser.
—Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2020
Corporations portrayed tort lawyers as ambulance chasers seeking to make a buck through frivolous litigation.
—Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2019
Then, after Notre Dame cathedral burned in April, architects played ambulance chasers, rushing in with drawings that proposed rebuilding the landmark with such nonsensical features as a rooftop swimming pool and a twisting spire.
—Blair Kamin, chicagotribune.com, 19 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ambulance chaser
Noun
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His lawyer John Cantrell said he was found dead at home on June 5.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2025
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Still, his lawyers claimed that prison officers denied him the ability to get surgery and removed him from the hospital.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
17 June 2025
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Former Philadelphia assistant district attorney Guy D’Andrea, who reviewed the case from 2015 to 2017, agrees.—
KC Baker,
People.com,
19 June 2025
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Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton snagged an endorsement from Jeff Reisig, the district attorney of Yolo County and a leader behind last year’s Prop 36.—
Molly Gibbs,
Sacbee.com,
18 June 2025
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Shue said the conflict of interest was such that the circuit court granted his motion of designation and appointment of a special prosecuting attorney.—
River Valley Democrat-Gazette,
Arkansas Online,
10 June 2025
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The charges were the result of a monthslong investigation in which the county's prosecuting attorney's office worked with six police jurisdictions.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
7 June 2025
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Defense attorney Marc Agnifilo argued in court that Gina is, in fact, not a victim of Combs' and that prosecutors have deliberately decided against calling her because her testimony could damage their case.—
Kaitlyn Morris,
ABC News,
24 June 2025
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Back in November, attorney Tim Heaphy of the law firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher led a third-party investigation into allegations against San Jose State's transgender volleyball player Blaire Fleming of conspiring with an opponent to harm a teammate.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
24 June 2025
Noun
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To demonstrate that point in a video, a researcher told a robot arm to put a bunch of plastic grapes into a clear Tupperware container, then proceeded to shift three containers around on the table in an approximation of a shyster’s shell game.—
Eliza Strickland,
IEEE Spectrum,
12 Mar. 2025
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Holmes is another shyster whose story has been dissected in several documentaries and in dramatizations like Hulu’s The Dropout, but Gibney brings specific insights and a fresh perspective to this truly unbelievable story.—
Declan Gallagher,
EW.com,
31 July 2024
Noun
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In the report shared exclusively with National Review, AFC outlines the web of federal political action committees (PACs) funded by major trial lawyers, including the AAJ PAC, the Justice 2018–2024 PACs, and the Truth and Justice Fund Company.—
Kayla Bartsch,
National Review,
14 May 2025
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And another much talked about potential no party affiliation/independent candidate for governor, the trial lawyer John Morgan, whose firm is ubiquitous on TV ads and on billboards, is set to deliver a major speech Wednesday in Tallahassee.—
Anthony Man,
Sun Sentinel,
12 May 2025
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Until recently, the Trevor Project’s national crisis hotline offered 24/7 support from counselors trained specifically to meet those needs.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado,
Sacbee.com,
20 June 2025
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No high school counselor will say this outright—but students should understand that the playing field, while not rigged, is hardly level. 4.—
Gerald Bradshaw,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2025
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That’s a fairly wide net in alerting Waukegan legal eagles of what the basis of any lawsuit may entail.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
21 May 2025
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As its title implies, Suits LA moved the action of the original from the Big Apple to Tinseltown, and followed a cast of legal eagles led by Stephen Amell's Ted Black, who has a connection to Suits' Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht, who recurred in several episodes on the spinoff).—
EW.com,
EW.com,
9 May 2025
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“Ambulance chaser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ambulance%20chaser. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.
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