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[uh-tur-nee] / əˈtɜr ni /


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The attorney general’s office has said that Paxton’s work to secure large legal settlements with drugmakers and tech companies requires routine travel.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

During a podcast interview in November, Houston lawyer Tony Buzbee, who led his impeachment defense, asked the attorney general where he liked to travel.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

The spool suit is the latest in a coordinated effort by California’s municipalities and the state attorney general’s office to throttle the bootleg gun industry by stanching the flow of its precursor components.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

In September, two officials—both women—from the deputy attorney general’s office traveled to Florida to learn more about the status of the cases.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

When one of his agents was questioning a seedy local attorney—who, according to an informant, was trying to “strangle” the government’s probe—the attorney betrayed a shocking knowledge of the inner workings of the case.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

Paul Nolette, a Marquette University political science professor who studies attorneys general, said that the role has become more expansive in recent years as states increasingly collaborate on big lawsuits.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

Like nearly a dozen other attorneys, Ortiz said, he had said there was nothing he could do for her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

Pike later regained consciousness, and her attorneys have sought to preserve evidence from the botched procedure.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

Christa Pike, the Tennessee inmate who survived the state’s attempt to execute her by lethal injection, was discharged from the hospital and is back in prison, her attorneys said Saturday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

“A thousand dollars? He will not get a cent. We shall have him prosecuted immediately. Contact our attorneys, Mother.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole




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