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lawyer

[law-yer, loi-er] / ˈlɔ jər, ˈlɔɪ ər /


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A government lawyer told an appeals court earlier this month that it is too late for the courts to halt the president’s construction of the 90,000-square-foot building where the East Wing once stood.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026

Luis Izquiel, a lawyer and professor of criminology at Venezuela's Central University, called Guerrero a criminal mastermind.

From Barron's • Jun. 13, 2026

McDonald is currently a partner at Sullivan & Cromwell, the firm where Clayton spent over two decades as a corporate lawyer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

The BBC has reached out to Min Min Soe Shwe's lawyer and family, but they have declined to be interviewed.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

With the exception of Dasch, who asked for his own lawyer, the other saboteurs were assigned to Colonel Kenneth Royall.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple




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