sued

past tense of sue

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sued
Verb
  • He was extradited to Pennsylvania for questioning and when he was compelled to testify before a grand jury, Schrader invoked his Fifth Amendment right when asked about Carol Ann Dougherty's murder.
    Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Carter first invoked the statute to resolve the 1979 Iran hostage crisis.
    Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • He was almost prosecuted for counterfeiting.
    Isaac Butler, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Montejano was prosecuted for crimes committed from July 2019 through January 2022, court records show.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • During the auditions, wannabe actors are asked to improvise scenes including being a cat, being trapped in a room, and being propositioned by a famous director.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 7 Nov. 2025
  • While the co-stars didn’t address the bullying report on the red carpet, Stranger Things creators Ross and Matt Duffer and director Shawn Levy were each asked about its veracity.
    Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Only four minutes later, Kilman tried to pass around Aaronson, but gave it straight to the attentive No 11.
    Beren Cross, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • In 1985, he was tried and acquitted for the murder of his first wife.
    Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Combs’ legal team requested that the musician be transferred from MDC to the prison Fort Dix in New Jersey, a low‑security prison that offers the Residential Drug Abuse Program (RDAP).
    Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2025
  • That same day, star cornerback Jalen Ramsey had requested a trade while leaders like Terron Armstead had opted to retire and Calais Campbell signed with the Arizona Cardinals around that same time.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • Fit piecrust into a 9-inch pie plate; crimp edges as desired and chill in freezer until ready to use.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Based on ideas of recruit quality and the traits the military sees as best suited to success in the ranks, the military has mostly desired to recruit straight and white young men.
    Jeremiah Favara, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Solomon, speaking from the sidelines of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Summit in Washington, cited the disruption caused by the invention in the late 1700s of the steam engine, which helped fuel the first industrial revolution.
    Matt Egan, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The governor’s office cited reports from Chicago’s Northwest Side, where federal agents had allegedly deployed tear gas during a children’s parade.
    Adam Crafton, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
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“Sued.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sued. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.

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