counsel
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Defence counsel Ian Duguid KC said Manners was currently getting antipsychotic medication and told the court: "Whatever personality disorder he is afflicted with it is not one that affects his responsibility for the crime."
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Ruemmler and Epstein were connected in 2014 after she had left the White House where she served as counsel to President Barack Obama.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
The 24-year-old has sought counsel from Tiger Woods during the dark times and revealed the 15-time major winner was among the first to congratulate him on this long-awaited victory.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Hovland joined the commission in 2019 after being unanimously confirmed by the Senate and had previously served as acting chief counsel to the Senate Rules Committee and as a senior counsel on election matters.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
I'm going after the hard-to-reach places behind the radiator when the independent counsel arrives, promising that if I cooperate, I won't have to go to jail.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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As Mr. Smil counsels, there is no speed to time itself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
At the same time, the new “Little House on the Prairie” counsels that independence is more of a tall tale than a reality for a nation healing from the wounds of conflict.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
As an employment attorney, Oswald counsels many clients who feel their jobs may go away.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026
The benchmark index will get there, Goldman counsels, thanks to strong corporate earnings and other bullish factors.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
A number of us hoisted our defense counsels on our shoulders, which was no easy task in the case of Issy Maisels, for he was such a large man.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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Advisers counseled Sheinbaum to stay cool and engage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
While we have counseled that speculating on earnings reports is gambling, it remains one of the most prevalent pastimes in the stock and options market.
From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026
In his latest speech, Waller again counseled caution until the outcome of the conflict with Iran is resolved.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 17, 2026
Still, some Democrats counseled restraint in interpreting the results.
From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2026
“Keep going straight! Keep going straight!” counseled the voice as they continued to pick their way carefully along the new path.
From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster
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When the conflict erupted, Mr Younis immediately counselled her to travel towards the Egyptian border and wait for an opportunity to cross.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2023
With the rattled country shut down for Tisha B'av, the fast day mourning the destruction of two ancient Jewish temples in Jerusalem blamed by the sages on needless infighting, Israelis leaders counselled soul-searching.
From Reuters ● Jul. 27, 2023
In every family he’d ever counselled, his clients had accepted their own deaths.
From Slate ● Sep. 24, 2022
They meet once a month after nominations close on 31 January each year, counselled by a group of permanent advisers and other experts.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 8, 2021
Aragorn and Gandalf went now to the Warden of the Houses of Healing, and they counselled him that Faramir and Éowyn should remain there and still be tended with care for many days.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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Jay Bowen is president and chief investment officer of of Bowen, Hanes and Company, Inc., an investment counseling firm based in Florida and North Carolina.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
He also told the court he does not receive any counseling inside the prison.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
Whether it’s customer service or counseling, it’s where the AI is absent—and the ways in which it makes it possible for humans to be present in that empty space—that counts the most.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
Seniors who do own their own home can also look into reverse-mortgage counseling, if only to familiarize themselves with the issue.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 15, 2026
The next thing I know I’m in the counseling services waiting area.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
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But when he went to counselling 26 years after losing his father, he realised it was the right profession for him and went back into education.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
Loss of privacy is one of the most common issues adult children face when they live with their parents, says Dr Fenia Christodoulidi, head of training and consultancy at counselling service Relate.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
Nearby to the training booths, other stations offered tea, psychological counselling services and medical support, while loudspeakers broadcast speeches, chants, and eulogies for slain military commanders.
From Barron's ● May 19, 2026
Thilothama, who works for Thozhi, a Chennai-based charity supporting transgender people, has spent more than a decade helping others find work and counselling those navigating rejection and uncertainty.
From Barron's ● May 3, 2026
He believed that his best chance of political salvation lay in counselling his master to grant the petition of Parliament.
From Henrietta Maria by Haynes, Henrietta
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