as in suit
a court case for enforcing a right or claim
the homeowner filed a lawsuit against the moving company that was refusing to be held responsible for damaging her furniture
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Recent Examples of lawsuit
Contributing to Trump’s inauguration was a way for tech giants like Google, Amazon, and Meta—as well as prominent Silicon Valley executives ranging from Altman to Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi—to get help with Justice Department lawsuits and Federal Trade Commission antitrust investigations.
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Walter Russell Mead, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2026
Related Stories Robinson assisted Heard in her participation in a 2018 lawsuit filed by Heard’s ex-husband Johnny Depp, against British newspaper The Sun.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 24 Jan. 2026
The investigation, published in September, highlighted how 7-OH rose from obscurity to overtake the quasi-legal drug trade in American gas stations, grocery stores and smoke shops, triggering a wave of lawsuits and drawing federal scrutiny over its health risks.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2026
Had Ruis been reclassified from Level 3 to Level 4, the lawsuit says, jail policy would have prohibited him from being housed with Yates.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2026
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Walter Russell Mead, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2026
Related Stories Robinson assisted Heard in her participation in a 2018 lawsuit filed by Heard’s ex-husband Johnny Depp, against British newspaper The Sun.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 24 Jan. 2026
The investigation, published in September, highlighted how 7-OH rose from obscurity to overtake the quasi-legal drug trade in American gas stations, grocery stores and smoke shops, triggering a wave of lawsuits and drawing federal scrutiny over its health risks.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2026
Had Ruis been reclassified from Level 3 to Level 4, the lawsuit says, jail policy would have prohibited him from being housed with Yates.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lawsuit
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The commercial airlines named in the suit are still fighting for it to be dismissed by the court.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
27 Jan. 2026
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Anti-SLAPP laws are generally used to prevent people from using expensive defamation suits to target or punish others for their speech.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
27 Jan. 2026
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Cumming said the city's information technology department also abruptly cut off part of her office administrator's access, including the ability to see who else in city government may be looking at whistleblower complaints and documents related to ethics investigations.—
Mike Hellgren,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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Schlegel is expected to be charged via federal criminal complaint with assault on a federal officer, alien smuggling and felon in possession of a firearm in connection with Tuesday's shooting, Janke said.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
28 Jan. 2026
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Penny Weaver is an award-winning journalist who covers crime, law enforcement, court proceedings and more for the River Valley Democrat-Gazette.—
Penny Weaver,
Arkansas Online,
28 Jan. 2026
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Needless to say, the league and other owners weren’t happy with the 34% of $84 million annually that had come out of the bankruptcy proceedings, but the Dodgers pointed out that those terms were driven by court proceedings.—
Maury Brown,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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The rodeos at Petco Park, which is largely owned by the city of San Diego, have been controversial, prompting not just litigation but protests from animal rights groups and calls to ban rodeos within the city limits.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Jan. 2026
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Moreover, organizations that provide data breach notices have reduced the amount of information included in those disclosures due to litigation risk, according to Lee.—
Lorie Konish,
CNBC,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Lawsuit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lawsuit. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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