litigious
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But increasingly, as society becomes more litigious, they are adversarial; more like a courtroom TV drama.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
The process to build Venice Dell has been extraordinarily contentious — even in a state where development is often time-consuming and litigious.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
“The ‘Turk’ and the ‘whore,’” Mr. Mikhail tells us, were unpopular in New Amsterdam, being outspoken, litigious and—most unpalatably to their frugal neighbors—commercially successful, owning fertile land and a large grove of fruit trees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
He asks me to leave the specifics out of this story, given the industry’s litigious nature and the lingering trauma of this decades-old battle.
From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2025
The policy is that it’s only supposed to be used for public irrigation—because serving a litigious, finicky public reclaimed water, no matter how clean it is, would be a public relations nightmare.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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