sue for
Example Sentences
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Those who remain alive might well be bluffing, projecting resolve even if they would privately prefer to sue for peace.
From Slate • Mar. 26, 2026
The New Mexico measure would let citizens sue for violations of the law.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
A spokesperson for the duchess said it was written to counter Epstein's threat to sue for defamation, and that she regretted any association with him.
From BBC • Sep. 26, 2025
He asks her to sue for divorce, but Aurora refuses, raging that doing so would mean her life as she knows it would be over.
From Salon • Sep. 14, 2025
“Yore ad said you’d use whatever name got drawed. If’n you don’t carry out the drawin’, I’ll sue for breach a-promise.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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