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recourse

[ree-kawrs, -kohrs, ri-kawrs, -kohrs] / ˈri kɔrs, -koʊrs, rɪˈkɔrs, -ˈkoʊrs /


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The investment is not optional; it’s the price of doing business without legal recourse.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

For residents, there’s panic as to what, if any, recourse they may have at this late stage, with one man joking he may forever have to blast loud music all day to mask rider screams.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

Havana Docks was left without legal recourse for the seizure, until Congress passed the 1996 Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act, which recognized some potential claims for companies in Havana Docks’ situation.

From Slate Jul. 1, 2026

Pipoly said he and his legal team were still reviewing the opinion and planned to evaluate what’s left of the claims to see if any legal recourse remains.

From Salon Jun. 27, 2026

Madison’s more judicious arguments, published as the Virginia Resolutions, were circulating in the national press and achieving the same goal—condemning the Sedition Act but without recourse to nullification.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

"There is no doubt whatsoever that the bank will fight this case and use all recourses available to it," it said.

From Barron's Oct. 20, 2025

“If they over-excavated, and if they’re not going to do anything about it, what are my recourses? I don’t know.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 22, 2025

Still, it gave them none of the recourses available to whistleblowers at other federal law enforcement agencies such as the Drug Enforcement Agency, U.S.

From Washington Times May 30, 2023

There are few recourses against false lawsuits other than penalizing lawyers for filing them.

From Seattle Times Aug. 4, 2021

Some of these recourses were promptly adopted in the newer settlements also; and others proved of little avail for the time being.

From American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime by Ulrich Bonnell Phillips




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