counsel
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On Tuesday its students disrupted, heckled and tried to shout down a speech by Homeland Security general counsel James Percival.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
Defence counsel Michael Anderson KC, for Thompson, said he continued to maintain that he was innocent.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
“The right to assistance of counsel and the correlative right to dispense with a lawyer’s help are not legal formalisms,” the court added.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
Naturalized citizens are at particular risk for being flagged, said Andrew Garber, a counsel for the voting rights and elections program at the Brennan Center for Justice.
From Salon • Apr. 16, 2026
Joe's appointed counsel was later suspended from practice in Florida and never reinstated.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
Vocabulary lists containing counsel
The Bill of Rights
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Some Tricky Homonyms
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act II
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