sued

Definition of suednext
past tense of sue
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Verb
  • Schlather’s approach is the opposite of the genteel Spoleto staging, which invoked the opulent sets and costumes of the Met’s designer, Cecil Beaton, on a smaller stage.
    Russell Platt, New Yorker, 20 May 2026
  • That same day, the CDC invoked Title 42 – a public health law that restricts entry into the US during outbreaks of communicable diseases – for at least 30 days starting Monday.
    Helen Regan, CNN Money, 18 May 2026
Verb
  • The number of cases prosecuted rose by seventy-three per cent over the same period, from 1,030 to 1,782.
    Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • Children prosecuted as adults reoffend at higher rates.
    Natasha Dartigue, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2026
Verb
  • When this happens, passengers are asked to dump their drinks out in a dedicated dumping facility or throw the whole thing away into a trash can.
    Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2026
  • Since radios are often found in the same rooms as sofas, the man asked at what speed sofa waves travelled.
    Weike Wang, New Yorker, 17 May 2026
Verb
  • Defenseman Logan Stanley was also out of the lineup because of an injury, and Sam Carrick tried to return too quickly from his injury.
    Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 21 May 2026
  • Stephen Colbert in 2016 tried to bring together a nation that was coming apart.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 May 2026
Verb
  • City officials requested to extend X Street’s lease about three to five years, wrote Caltrans spokesperson Dennis Keaton.
    Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2026
  • Brown’s attorney, Mark Eiglarsh, requested that Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Marisa Tinkler Mendez hold Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu in contempt of court after Nantambu did not appear for a Zoom deposition on Wednesday.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 15 May 2026
Verb
  • Louisiana appealed to our court and sought a stay pending appeal.
    Aria Bendix, NBC news, 1 May 2026
  • But then federal prosecutors appealed a judge's decision granting him bond with electronic monitoring, and the judge agreed Friday to put it on hold while that appeal plays out.
    ABC News, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Apply rooting hormone if desired, then wrap the area tightly with damp sphagnum moss that has been soaked for several hours and squeezed to remove any extra moisture.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 19 May 2026
  • For Montgomery, the wait was a bit longer than desired.
    Dan Greene, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
Verb
  • The couple was last seen together on surveillance footage at a Beaver Dam Kwik Trip on March 29, 2025, according to a criminal complaint cited by WISC.
    Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 20 May 2026
  • The late New Yorker writer Donald Barthleme, an absurdist, is often cited as an example.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
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“Sued.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sued. Accessed 21 May. 2026.

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