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counsel

[koun-suhl] / ˈkaʊn səl /




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He responded by touting the companies’ “overlap” and collaboration, before acknowledging that he can’t discuss corporate combinations on an earnings call and allowing Tesla’s general counsel to step in.

From MarketWatch Jul. 27, 2026

“Ride or Die,” for all its fanciful twists, ultimately has more realistic counsel for all the WOACAs watching: Bank on yourself and your extensively earned skills.

From Salon Jul. 26, 2026

“I will always be grateful for Clint’s friendship and counsel over so many years,” Pelosi said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

“Mr. Witkoff, like all Administration officials, takes seriously his compliance with the government ethics rules,” the White House counsel, David Warrington, said in the email.

From Slate Jul. 22, 2026

‘I wish to help you. You need counsel in your hard choice. Will you not take mine?’

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

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 manipulative Jean, meanwhile, counsels both young women and has cast Mary in the role of her substitute daughter.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 27, 2026

“Maximize your options,” he counsels in The Art of the Deal.

From Slate Mar. 26, 2026

Shall we make our counsels together against evil days, and repair our injuries with such good will that our estates shall both come to fairer flower than ever before?’

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

Before world lightweight boxing champion Vasiliy Lomachenko returned from shoulder surgery to defend his title in 2019, ElAttrache counseled him against using his left hook because he wasn’t mentally ready to do so.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 2026

Advisers counseled Sheinbaum to stay cool and engage.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 28, 2026

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

“You can’t act afraid of him, though,” Miller counseled me one day in the lineup room.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

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

But friends allege that, while they told Khan to leave the marriage, others counselled her to stay in it.

From BBC Aug. 8, 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

But Squealer counselled them to avoid rash actions and trust in Comrade Napoleon’s strategy.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell

Jay Bowen is president and chief investment officer of of Bowen, Hanes and Company, Inc., an investment counseling firm based in Florida and North Carolina.

From Barron's Jun. 26, 2026

He also told the court he does not receive any counseling inside the prison.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 25, 2026

Whether it’s customer service or counseling, it’s where the AI is absent—and the ways in which it makes it possible for humans to be present in that empty space—that counts the most.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 21, 2026

The National Foundation for Credit Counseling and the Financial Counseling Association of America, among others, offer budgeting assistance and debt counseling, often at no cost.

From MarketWatch Jun. 18, 2026

I was hoping he wouldn’t tell me anything about his counseling session.

From "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Saenz

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

Meanwhile, the government plans to strengthen and expand Parenting Orders, which can compel parents or guardians to address their child's behaviour, including attending counselling or guidance sessions, or face penalties such as fines.

From BBC May 18, 2026

Jenkins, 50, added the situation had left him angry and upset and he had sought counselling from a mental health charity to manage the stress of the prosecution.

From BBC May 16, 2026

Thilothama, who works for Thozhi, a Chennai-based charity supporting transgender people, has spent more than a decade helping others find work and counselling those navigating rejection and uncertainty.

From Barron's May 3, 2026

"Those, who have begun to assist us," he shrewdly observed to Jay, when counselling him that every first favor obtained from Spain was tant de gagné, "are more likely to continue than to decline."

From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Bruce, Wiliam Cabell




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