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counterclaim

[kaun-ter-klaym, kaun-ter-klaym] / ˈkaʊn tərˌkleɪm, ˌkaʊn tərˈkleɪm /














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Shell filed a counterclaim, saying the two men met only twice and that Shell owed him nothing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026

The suit was filed as a counterclaim to a November lawsuit by Joby against Archer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026

Shkreli this week filed a counterclaim in federal court in New York against RZA, also known as Robert Diggs, along with Azzougarh and PleasrDAO, a digital art collective that purchased the album.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

According to the counterclaim, the former employees had “stayed with the Robinsons year after year,” “vacationed together” with the singer’s wife and were treated “as extended family.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2025

Don't take on so," she said kindly, and then remembering her treasured property, and probably fearing a counterclaim on my part to its possession, "But how can you be sure she was here?

From Quest of the Golden Girl, a Romance by Richard Le Gallienne

Shkreli’s counterclaims are the latest twist in a legal saga over the one-of-a-kind album, titled “Once Upon a Time in Shaolin.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

But I don't think that any of us were prepared for the number, and the defamation claims, and the counterclaims to the defamation claims.

From Salon ● May 29, 2024

“Mr. Majors is preparing counterclaims against Ms. Jabbari.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2024

Priya Chaudhry, a lawyer acting on behalf of Majors, said the lawsuit was "no surprise" and that Majors was "preparing counterclaims against Ms Jabbari".

From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2024

Again, ten years later, when reciprocity with the United States was finding favor in Canada, imperialists urged the counterclaims of a policy of imperial reciprocity, of special tariff privileges to other parts of the Empire.

From The Canadian Dominion; a chronicle of our northern neighbor by Oscar Douglas Skelton

Italy counterclaimed that after being found by Italian fishermen, it had been exported illegally from Italy.

From New York Times ● May 2, 2024

Then, American counterclaimed, saying Dad broke the contract by improperly using the companion feature.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 20, 2019

N. E. A. counterclaimed that not one of its 500 clients had dropped Hoople for Puffle.

From Time Magazine Archive

PP is counterclaiming £344,000 in ground rent, plus another £286,000 of interest and costs.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2025

All that counterclaiming and crossclaiming might be avoided by settling, but the large number of litigants and of lawyers — 15 at last count — still points to a protracted process, legal experts say.

From Seattle Times ● May 28, 2023


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