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lawyer

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


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She doesn’t have a lawyer, but after the Justice Department proposed it, she filed a legal brief in the case demanding compensation as a victim.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026

Defence lawyer Martina Michaelsdotter Olsson told SVT as the trial began that her client did not recognise "the same picture as the one the prosecutor presents".

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

At least that’s what Michael Vater, a Florida-based lawyer who flies regularly, is banking on.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

State Sen. Lisa Grafstein, a longtime civil rights lawyer, said the state bar is worried: “If you push back against the General Assembly, what’s the next thing that’s going to happen to you?”

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026

“I’m a junior analyst and I’m just trying to figure out which end is up,” says Eisman, “but I told him that as a lawyer I’d worked on a deal for The Money Store.”

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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