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as in asking
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as in prosecuting
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suing
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His attorneys filed a habeas corpus petition Monday, arguing their client is being unlawfully detained and asking the court for his release.—
Taylor Romine,
CNN Money,
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The department will be asking the state legislature for $120 million in additional funding, but the money is not guaranteed to be approved, particularly in the face of budget uncertainty after Congress passed a bill in July that puts new financial burdens on states.—
Elliot Haspel,
The Atlantic,
28 Oct. 2025
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Each Murdaugh who served was in charge of prosecuting all criminal cases in the state's 14th circuit district, overseeing Allendale, Colleton, Hampton, Beaufort and Jasper counties.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
19 Oct. 2025
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This is no longer -- the Department of Justice is no longer the premier prosecuting office in America.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Oct. 2025
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Yagazie Emezi and Nuotama Bodomo rework ethnographic traditions through indigenous knowledge—Emezi invoking ancestral memory through textiles and ritual, Bodomo reframing film through Afro-indigenous rhythms.—
PhotoVogue,
Vogue,
25 Oct. 2025
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Dimon appeared to be invoking the cockroach theory, which suggests that bad news for one company can lead to several other negative disclosures.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
17 Oct. 2025
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Others were trying to find a place in a growing narrative of American exceptionalism.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
26 Oct. 2025
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The risk to coffee production from climate change has some researchers trying to develop more climate-resistant varieties of coffee.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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Others questioned why Betty would make her wedding plans — and go so far as to put down a deposit — before requesting time off work to get married.—
Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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One of the people the developer hired to lobby state lawmakers at the time of the $15 million appropriation also represented the regional agency that received the money on behalf of the developer without requesting it.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Oct. 2025
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Boozman's remarks to reporters on Tuesday followed the department's recent warning to state agencies about suspending allotments for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, citing the nearly monthlong federal government shutdown as the reason.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Oct. 2025
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The cuts come after Chegg in May laid off 22% of its workforce, citing increasing adoption of AI.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
28 Oct. 2025
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The botanist who discovered this plant in Argentina, instead of exploiting its commercial potential, decided to distribute its seeds indiscriminately, desiring only that everyone should share in its beauty.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
18 Oct. 2025
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The Guinnesses, after all, were among the targets of the Fenians, revolutionaries desiring Irish independence and the toppling of the Protestant Ascendancy, of which the Guinnesses were a part.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Sep. 2025
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The lightweight conveyance system is designed to rapidly deploy bare optical fiber into complex, highly deviated, or horizontal wells without requiring conventional pump-down or tractor-assisted operations.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Oct. 2025
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Introverts’ brains are more responsive to dopamine, requiring much less of it to trigger a big response.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Suing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suing. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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