appealed

past tense of appeal

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Recent Examples of appealed Gilbert appealed Wilson’s ruling; however, in December 2024, a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel turned down Gilbert’s appeal, per Courthouse News Service. Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 8 Oct. 2025 The White House appealed to the Supreme Court, and now the high court has agreed to examine the appeal. Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for appealed
Verb
  • Advertisement In her blog post, Niehoff cited a study by Munro Cullum and colleagues that studied 35 former NFL players over the age of 50 who had sustained at least one concussion in their careers.
    Alana Semuels, Time, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Several mills cited trend forecasts for inspiring their striped collections.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The paranormal investigators claim to have been summoned by a priest named Father Cooke when two young women — Donna and Angie — wanted to perform an exorcism to get rid of the spirit of a dead 7-year-old girl named Annabelle Higgins, who had inhabited their doll.
    Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The palace reportedly summoned broadcast media to the Royal Lodge on Thursday, hinting at an announcement.
    Lauryn Overhultz , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
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  • In Thursday’s indictment, federal investigators accused Rozier and other defendants of breaking the law by exploiting private information about players to win bets on NBA games.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Moscow has been accused of hybrid warfare measures in the region; German media outlet Kieler Nachrichten reported Thursday that the Russian amphibious Ropucha-class landing ship Aleksandr Shabalin anchored off the German coast and blocked a key shipping route between the Baltic and the North Seas.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Billups was in court and arraigned in Portland Thursday afternoon.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
  • King faces charges including arson, robbery, abuse of a corpse, tampering with evidence and conspiracy, among others, per online court records reviewer by PEOPLE; he was scheduled to be arraigned on Thursday.
    Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The rapper also expressed frustration towards those who criticized her appearance at a rally Kamala Harris hosted in Milwaukee ahead of the 2024 election, stating that the wrong parts of her speech went viral.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Even some of his Republican allies have criticized it.
    John Cassidy, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But some Republicans blamed Newsom for the freeway closure, calling it an over-reaction.
    City News Service, Oc Register, 19 Oct. 2025
  • As catastrophic wildfires spur insurance companies to raise homeowner premiums and drop thousands of policyholders across California, the industry has blamed climate change for fueling the blazes.
    Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Gracie had not been spayed by her previous owner and had been booked in to have the procedure.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Enriquez said the man would be booked into jail on felony charges.
    Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Wrexham could not be faulted for attacking intent.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Parolin also faulted global powers for their paralysis.
    Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025

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“Appealed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appealed. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

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