as in to prosecute
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Recent Examples of sue
Workers who take post-employment payouts waive their rights to sue employers.
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Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 10 Oct. 2025
The Guardian should sue for slander.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2025
Exxon was the first American company to sue Cuban state companies, Cimex and Unión Cuba-Petróleo in 2019, for the exploitation of service stations confiscated by the Cuban government.
—Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
The family is now planning to sue ICE for excessive use of force, said Father Fabian Arias, who accompanied Moreta-Galarza on Thursday.
—Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
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Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 10 Oct. 2025
The Guardian should sue for slander.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2025
Exxon was the first American company to sue Cuban state companies, Cimex and Unión Cuba-Petróleo in 2019, for the exploitation of service stations confiscated by the Cuban government.
—Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
The family is now planning to sue ICE for excessive use of force, said Father Fabian Arias, who accompanied Moreta-Galarza on Thursday.
—Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sue
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So, for me, that was the creation of the Anti-American Speech Committee, which is a government panel essentially designed to prosecute artists for holding views or creating work that resists basically the fascist state that has overtaken the American government.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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He was almost prosecuted for counterfeiting.—
Isaac Butler,
The Atlantic,
3 Nov. 2025
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While this violation enrages the village’s women, the men who make up the Panchayat (village council) try and fail to cast her out of town.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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The film followed Chan Lok-kwun (Raymond Lam), a mainland refugee trying to pay his way to a fake ID by winning bare-knuckle brawls.—
Marcus Lim,
Variety,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Babcock said the group is preparing to appeal the decision through the proper SGA channel.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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Elsewhere in the interview, Eilish discussed the music industry’s initial doubt that her introspective, more somber (and at times devastating) songs wouldn’t appeal to a wide audience.—
Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
30 Oct. 2025
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She also was cited on suspicion of disobeying a police officer, a petty offense that carries a fine.—
Nicquel Terry Ellis,
CNN Money,
2 Nov. 2025
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Jason Olson was cited for resisting arrest, interfering with a crime scene investigation and obstruction of government operations, according to FOX 10.—
Sophia Compton,
FOXNews.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Sue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sue. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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