How to Use sue in a Sentence
sue
verb
- Some people sue over the most minor things.
- They've threatened to sue the company.
- He is suing the doctor who performed the unnecessary surgery.
- People injured in accidents caused by the defective tire have threatened to sue.
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Now the city has also sued some of the organizers of the events.
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Salvador Hernandez,
Los Angeles Times,
29 July 2023
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The brief also challenged the states’ right to sue over the program.
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Peter Baker,
BostonGlobe.com,
5 Jan. 2023
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The Democrats opposed it, and the backers of the amendment might be suing over it.
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Laura Johnston,
cleveland,
25 Aug. 2023
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Warner has sued the league and the matter is making its way through the courts.
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Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
12 Sep. 2024
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ByteDance sued to block the law, and the case was argued in front of a federal appeals court last month.
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Megan Poinski,
Forbes,
9 Oct. 2024
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As a Black man, was Dred Scott a citizen, with the right to sue in a federal court?
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David W. Blight Max-O-Matic,
New York Times,
21 Dec. 2022
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When do Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro sue them for lack of support?
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Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Jan. 2023
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Epps has sued the network for defamation, but Fox has moved to dismiss the lawsuit.
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The Arizona Republic,
6 Jan. 2024
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Ergo, Missouri couldn’t sue since the state wasn’t directly harmed by the loan write-off.
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The Editorial Board,
WSJ,
14 Nov. 2022
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In 1997, the victims' families sued O.J., who was found liable in their deaths.
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Liam Quinn,
Peoplemag,
11 Apr. 2024
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Warner is furious, and calls for her firm to sue for breach of contract.
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Matt Cabral,
EW.com,
14 Nov. 2022
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Read more The family of a Maui woman who died in wildfires has sued the county and state.
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USA TODAY,
6 Sep. 2023
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Some homeowners had sued to reopen the roads in federal court, but the court sided with the tribe.
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Frank Vaisvilas,
Journal Sentinel,
28 Mar. 2024
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Fearing they would be sued, Warners told Fogerty to remove the tracks.
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Chris Wheatley,
Longreads,
16 July 2024
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It’s believed to be one of the largest classes ever suing under an equal pay act claim.
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Winston Cho,
The Hollywood Reporter,
15 Dec. 2023
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Taking up the fight Gibbons sued Gibbs and Troxel in federal court in June.
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Justin Jouvenal,
Washington Post,
2 Nov. 2023
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That could also be a cover for not wanting to go to a dinkier platform / get sued, but there does seem to be a grain of truth to that.
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Ariel Shapiro,
The Verge,
1 Nov. 2023
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Upon that breach of contract, O’Keefe sued the Loewen Group, which agreed to settle in 1991, with terms signed off by both parties.
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Tomris Laffly,
TIME,
6 Oct. 2023
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The owners of Marilyn Monroe’s house have sued L.A. for the right to demolish it.
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Defne Karabatur,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2024
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Hypothetical what-ifs What if the state were sued to enforce the amendment and lost?
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Aug. 2024
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Dillard said the state’s lawsuit was filed 59 days after their notice of intent to sue.
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Dennis Pillion | [email protected],
al,
2 Nov. 2022
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In fact, the Oscars had to sue the company for promoting the bags as official swag.
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Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
14 Mar. 2023
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Musk is certainly no stranger to both suing and being sued.
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Whizy Kim,
Vox,
9 Aug. 2024
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Cedars-Sinai and Huntington sued the AG over the conditions imposed on the merger.
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Samantha Liss,
CBS News,
28 Sep. 2023
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The media outlets sued for the recordings last month after the county initially denied their public records requests for them.
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Lewis Kamb,
NBC News,
23 Oct. 2024
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Angry at advertisers for leaving his Nazi-tolerating social media site, Musk sued a nonprofit ad group out of existence.
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Allison Morrow,
CNN,
23 Oct. 2024
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