counsel
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“I was not surprised,” Kristy Parker, a former federal prosecutor at the DOJ and now special counsel at Protect Democracy, told me of Crenshaw’s opinion.
From Slate • May 28, 2026
“He was certainly calm under pressure,” said Thomas Russo, former general counsel at AIG.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
"In relation to the advice tendered to Ms Sturgeon to make no comment, this was by her solicitor, formerly a very senior crown counsel at Crown Office," he said.
From BBC • May 27, 2026
Mike Prysner, the executive director of the Center on Conscience and War, a group that provides legal support and counsel for conscientious objectors, told Salon that they have seen a huge increase in interest.
From Salon • May 25, 2026
"My learned counsel was blind, too. I say this is a gloomy subject. Are we going down and see these bulls unloaded or not?"
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
Vocabulary lists containing counsel
The Bill of Rights
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Some Tricky Homonyms
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act II
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