counterclaim
Example Sentences
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Amid claim and counterclaim Russia on Friday had requested an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
Shell filed a counterclaim accusing Cipriani of extortion and defamation, while Paramount called the allegations “frivolous.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
According to the counterclaim, the former employees had “stayed with the Robinsons year after year,” “vacationed together” with the singer’s wife and were treated “as extended family.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2025
The striker's team, meanwhile, reiterated that despite the counterclaim there was "no legal basis for deferring payment of the sum due".
From BBC • May 15, 2025
The ridiculous counterclaim with its pettifogging innuendoes vanished before that common sense of the jury to which Mr. Ricochet so dryly appealed.
From The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit by Harris, Richard
Vocabulary lists containing counterclaim
The ACT: The Language of the Test, List 1
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Against All Odds: Contra and Counter
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Common Core Grades 7–8, List 1
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