counsel
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“It’s over pattern recognition after years and years and years that you start picking up maybe what the opposing counsel is thinking,” Ma says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
These details emerged more than a decade later in a court hearing reviewing her case, when a new team of lawyers claimed ineffective assistance of counsel, a claim that was denied by the judge.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
For some of them, where there were already pending habeas proceedings, for example, I would reach out to opposing counsel to see if they had any knowledge as to where my client was.
From Slate ● Sep. 24, 2026
Notwithstanding what happened to me — and to the attorney my father used — here is how I would counsel my friends:
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
‘But we must hold together. I will follow your counsel.’
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
But 9/11 barely registers with Muslims he counsels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
In the latest installment of Unhinged, Slate’s dating advice column, Steffi Cao counsels a woman whose dates are uncomfortable with her having the financial upper hand.
From Slate ● Sep. 3, 2026
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
Whom mutual league, United thoughts and counsels, equal hope And hazard in the Glorious Enterprize, Joynd with me once, now misery hath joynd In equal ruin.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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
Notably, Schmid did not say interest rates should held at current levels like he did in a speech in February, but he still counseled caution.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 3, 2026
“Let’s not fold to advocacy pressure … whatever the headlines,” one top executive counseled his colleagues.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026
Bannon counseled restraint, warning that public engagement would only extend the news cycle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
The doctors counseled rest and solitude, but it was a prescription he could not tolerate.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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
In the Twitter thread, Mr Buterin said the foundation had not supported Griffith's activities in North Korea, saying: "It was Virgil's personal trip, that many counselled against".
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2021
They were to start at dusk, for Elrond counselled them to journey under cover of night as often as they could, until they were far from Rivendell.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
"In our study, however, we found that only 5% of patients received nutritional counseling within 30 days of GLP-1 treatment and less than 25% received nutritional counseling within 6 months."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
Many of the roles appear neatly suited to his work experience as an engineer in the tech sector who also has counseling experience.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026
It also required people to get credit counseling before filing to see whether there was any way they could avoid bankruptcy.
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
Colombia has activated a national network to offer counseling, both online and in person, to help people cope.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
His life now revolves around counseling young people and helping them digest their issues.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
Those plans include counselling rooms in every school, psychiatric services in at least one hospital in every county and more mental health professionals.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
It wasn't until 2022 when she had grief counselling that she confronted what had happened.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Another, also in his 20s, said he was promised trauma counselling but only had two sessions with a psychologist.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
Universities offer a range of practical and wellbeing services, including budgeting advice, financial support, counselling and study support sessions.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
She concluded by strongly counselling them to use the utmost caution, and to expose themselves as little as possible.
From Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason by William Harrison Ainsworth
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