litigate
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Defendants can choose to litigate in federal court, which can cost a significant amount of time and accumulate a mountain of legal fees.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
Breathitt School District, located in the US state of Kentucky, had been poised to litigate the first case attempting to make social media companies cover those costs.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
Indeed, the hospital’s attempt to litigate this case in Rhode Island—where it is located—is far more defensible than the DOJ’s efforts to drag the fight to Fort Worth, 1,750 miles away.
From Slate • May 19, 2026
“It takes so much to litigate a construction defect, you spend more than you do to build a house,” Scherer said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
Joshua Carter and Robert Caston were the first two cases we decided to litigate.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
Vocabulary lists containing litigate
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