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litigate

[lit-i-gayt] / ˈlɪt ɪˌgeɪt /


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“We are not going to litigate this matter through the press,” he wrote in a message to The Times.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

Instead, all they were asking the court to do is to let them stay in the country and not be immediately deported while they had a chance to litigate their claims.

From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026

“She claims she had it in her milk with her child, and that’s what the insurance company took to settle, and we weren’t going to litigate it.”

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

State attorneys general continued to litigate the case and won.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

Joshua Carter and Robert Caston were the first two cases we decided to litigate.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

The Law Department has previously told ProPublica it takes its ethical responsibilities seriously and litigates each case with an open mind.

From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2023

From 2014 to 2019, Kacsmaryk served as deputy general counsel for First Liberty Institute, a Christian conservative nonprofit group that litigates on cases involving religious freedom.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2023

The commission investigates allegations of human rights violations and litigates them in some cases.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 15, 2022

Verheyden-Hilliard’s group often litigates on behalf of those seeking access to public spaces, pressing the government to properly allow free-speech activities and protests along Pennsylvania Avenue and elsewhere.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 13, 2022

Ms. Lang, 31, is a senior legal counsel at the Campaign Legal Center in Washington, where she litigates voting rights and redistricting cases.

From New York Times ● Dec. 10, 2017

Dominic West and Sienna Miller play a celebrity couple going through a heavily litigated, tabloid-fodder separation in this delectably entertaining eight-part series.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

She is also the one member whose seat is being litigated.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

Each of these firings would be litigated, and the results are likely to be contradictory and confusing.

From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026

On a recent day outside of the Apple Pan burger joint — a Krug favorite — Michel, Greenberg and Sugerman, all nearly halfway into their 70s, litigated Feeney history:

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

We were still very actively litigating on behalf of condemned children in Mississippi, Georgia, North Carolina, Florida, and Louisiana—Southern states where we had litigated previously.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

“We hired 10 litigating attorneys last year,” he said.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026

"After more than five years of litigating against Chris Brown, we are thrilled that we were able to get justice for our client, Patricia," he said.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

A Justice Department spokeswoman said Woodward hasn’t discouraged enforcers from litigating cases.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

It cannot reach far beyond state lines to prevent those parties from litigating their grievances in a different, more appropriate venue.

From Slate ● May 19, 2026

We were still very actively litigating on behalf of condemned children in Mississippi, Georgia, North Carolina, Florida, and Louisiana—Southern states where we had litigated previously.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson




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