relitigate
Americanverb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
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“Trump’s plan was basically to relitigate the terms of the nuclear deal.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
But ultimately, unlike Alsup, Chhabria did appear to leave an open legal pathway for the authors to relitigate their case on different grounds if they so wish.
From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2025
"It is entirely unacceptable that those affected by this scandal, some of whom have had to go through the courts to clear their names, are being forced to relitigate their cases," he added.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2025
Also, did she really want to relitigate an old relationship in the press when it came time to promote the film?
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2024
He noted the "collateral estoppel" doctrine in the case that disallows Trump and Habba from attempting to "relitigate the first trial."
From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2024
"In the meantime, there are likely past cases that need relitigated."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2023
The prevailing party would likely cite the doctrine of res judicata, which says that a claim that reaches judgment in one court should not be relitigated in a second.
From Reuters ● May 9, 2023
“And there’s a risk here that some of the efforts which had a lot of momentum coming out of Glasgow are being relitigated, if you will, in certain quarters.”
From New York Times ● May 25, 2022
Are you hopeful that some of the provisions could eventually be relitigated, renegotiated and passed?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2022
Also, there was a provision about tweeting, which got relitigated this year because Musk will never log off.
From The Verge ● Dec. 12, 2019
Jones said he did not want to be "relitigating the arguments of a past Conservative government".
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2025
“It can’t just be about relitigating the past. It can’t just be talking about bills we passed,” he said.
From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2024
For the sake of brevity and sanity, I'll take a pass at relitigating ye ol' "economic anxiety" debates here.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2023
“I don’t think we’re going to go down a rabbit hole relitigating 2020,” said MacCallum of the debate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2023
The reason I’m relitigating this 12-year-old argument is that I hear echoes of it in contemporary discussions of A.I.
From Slate ● Apr. 24, 2023
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