legal

Example Sentences

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But the BBC News investigation reveals the process is being systematically exploited by legal advisers extracting fees from migrants who want to stay in the country.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Hooray for the tort system—words you might not expect to read if you don’t remember that a properly functioning legal system helps capitalism proceed without force or fraud.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Michael Schneider, chief executive of Streets For All, said the main problem on trails comes not from e-bikes but from people riding more powerful motorcycles and motorized trail bikes that aren’t street legal.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

There is, however, some uncertainty around the March PCE inflation print, in part, because the Bureau of Economic Analysis shifted its source of legal services pricing.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

The people who were legal “property” of presidents were among the millions of enslaved people who lived and toiled in America—and who were stuck in the shadows, too.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis