counsel
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“For us, it’s really about making sure everyone in Cox’s and Charter’s service territory benefits from this transaction,” said Paul Goodman, counsel for the Berkeley-based Center for Accessible Technology.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
By late July, as Hearn’s defense counsel moved for release of the grand jury transcripts to expose glaring prosecutorial irregularities, Pirro’s case collapsed.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
In a moment of such great uncertainty, Kanbei becomes the one person Murashige can trust, although his counsel might contain a hidden agenda.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
The company also fought Beasley Allen when the plaintiff firm hired a former J&J outside counsel to consult on the litigation, despite his access to privileged information.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Prendergast insisted on seeing the current counsel, a man named Kraus.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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As Mr. Smil counsels, there is no speed to time itself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
At the same time, the new “Little House on the Prairie” counsels that independence is more of a tall tale than a reality for a nation healing from the wounds of conflict.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
As an employment attorney, Oswald counsels many clients who feel their jobs may go away.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026
The benchmark index will get there, Goldman counsels, thanks to strong corporate earnings and other bullish factors.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
The word ‘Mother’ suggested other maternal counsels given long ago, and received with unbelieving protests.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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While we have counseled that speculating on earnings reports is gambling, it remains one of the most prevalent pastimes in the stock and options market.
From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026
Mulqueen has counseled couples where one party retires and expects much more attention now that they are home more.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 23, 2026
Don’t wait until you are old to get started, Magnusson counseled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
Still, some Democrats counseled restraint in interpreting the results.
From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2026
When he was young, he was a world-class tennis player, and over the past fifty years, he has coached and counseled and known many of the greatest tennis players in the history of the game.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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With the rattled country shut down for Tisha B'av, the fast day mourning the destruction of two ancient Jewish temples in Jerusalem blamed by the sages on needless infighting, Israelis leaders counselled soul-searching.
From Reuters ● Jul. 27, 2023
In every family he’d ever counselled, his clients had accepted their own deaths.
From Slate ● Sep. 24, 2022
They meet once a month after nominations close on 31 January each year, counselled by a group of permanent advisers and other experts.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 8, 2021
In the Twitter thread, Mr Buterin said the foundation had not supported Griffith's activities in North Korea, saying: "It was Virgil's personal trip, that many counselled against".
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2021
Aragorn and Gandalf went now to the Warden of the Houses of Healing, and they counselled him that Faramir and Éowyn should remain there and still be tended with care for many days.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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But for now, Chris and Diarra are in counseling.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
Parents and children received dietary counseling and nutrition education from the time the children were 7 months old through early adulthood.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
In handing down his sentence, Judge Primm said Colin Gray failed as a parent by not seeking counseling for his son or locking up guns in the house.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
“Reproductive goals counseling should be developmentally appropriate and designed to help adolescents reflect on their future aspirations related to relationships, childbearing, and family formation.”
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026
While there, he would get counseling from Margaret’s mother, who said that Branwell had to unload a lot of baggage before moving back to 198 Tower Hill Road anyway.
From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg
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Loss of privacy is one of the most common issues adult children face when they live with their parents, says Dr Fenia Christodoulidi, head of training and consultancy at counselling service Relate.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
Khan said he has been in touch with Hania's family, and that the school was providing counselling support to staff and students.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
Nearby to the training booths, other stations offered tea, psychological counselling services and medical support, while loudspeakers broadcast speeches, chants, and eulogies for slain military commanders.
From Barron's ● May 19, 2026
He said that staff who were found to have accessed patient records were subject to disciplinary processes ranging from "informal counselling to a final written warning".
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
In the uprising at Lugo against the French invaders, Cardinal Chiaramonti was at hand counselling patience on the part of the Italians, and later begging mercy when the French were preparing for sanguinary revenge.
From The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe by Cunningham, Francis A. (Francis Aloysius)
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