suing

verb

present participle of sue
1
as in asking

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2
as in prosecuting

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suing
  1. asking
  2. prosecuting
  3. invoking
  4. trying
  5. requesting
  6. citing
  7. desiring
  8. implicating
Verb
  • Nester also called into question the security protocols surrounding the event, asking Bagley about how many officers were assigned and other preparations.
    — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 11 July 2026
  • Shipwrecked includes recordings of a series of increasingly astonishing phone calls between Schettino and the Italian Coast Guard, with the latter repeatedly asking him to clarify the nature of the emergency.
    — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 11 July 2026
Definition of asking
Verb
  • Last month, Judge Crenshaw concluded that while there was insufficient evidence to prove actual vindictiveness, the government could not justify its sudden shift from wanting to deport Abrego Garcia to prosecuting him.
    — Laura Romero, ABC News, 22 June 2026
  • Charging and prosecuting cases involving traffic and vessel collisions resulting in fatalities are always difficult decisions.
    — Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 22 June 2026
Definition of prosecuting
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  • In seemingly unrelated criminal cases across California, suspects kept invoking the name of the man accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 7 July 2026
  • In May of last year, Leo said the dignity of migrants must be respected, speaking to world diplomats and invoking his own immigrant background.
    — Connor Greene, Time, 4 July 2026
Definition of invoking
Verb
  • Those rooms are tricky and repeatedly trip up the players who are actually trying to win.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 14 July 2026
  • There is no point in trying to shame him into being different.
    — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 14 July 2026
Definition of trying
Verb
  • The hysteria often comes with a fat dollop of Trumpian imperiousness, not requesting your engagement so much as demanding it.
    — Michelle Cottle, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
  • The complaint seeks damages, profits from the allegedly infringing work, and an injunction preventing Hatchet from being sold or exhibited, while also requesting that the painting either be turned over to Reemtsen or destroyed.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of requesting
Verb
  • Authorities have banned Pride marches in Istanbul since 2015, citing public safety and security concerns.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 11 July 2026
  • Most scholars believe the tapestry was made in England, probably in or around Canterbury, citing similarities with illuminated manuscripts associated with monastic libraries there.
    — Tiago Ventura, Time, 10 July 2026
Definition of citing
Verb
  • But Newcastle intend to use the proceeds from the Tonali sale to reinvest in their squad, with Howe desiring a goalkeeper, at least one full-back, two midfielders (should Joe Willock also leave) and at least one attacker.
    — David Ornstein, New York Times, 1 July 2026
  • Yes, a few reward-like mechanisms are in the thin layer of the models built through reinforcement learning, but the models are overwhelmingly about predicting, not desiring.
    — David Brooks, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
Definition of desiring
Verb
  • FanDuel, as of Thursday, had the United States as a minus-165 favorite, implicating about a 62% probability of victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2026
  • Writer-director Pascal Plante skillfully enhances the themes of his film with a cold, unsettling atmosphere, often implicating us as voyeurs with our own fixation on the dark side of humanity.
    — Eric Farwell, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 2026
Definition of implicating
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