Example Sentences
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In May, his personal lawyers sued the justice department in an effort to keep the tapes private, but after legal defeats they dropped their lawsuit.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Some of the groups who had their grants canceled sued in an effort to get their funding.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
The Times still sued the city, alleging that it unlawfully withheld and deleted the mayor’s text messages and other public records from the catastrophic wildfire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
The New York Times and Barnes have sued the Pentagon and related officials twice, alleging their policies violated free-speech and due-process rights and were retaliatory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Roughly half of the doctors had never been sued.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
