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sued (for)

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past tense of sue (for)

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to make a request for after another devastating attack, the nation sued for peace

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Prosecutor Shanan Buckingham sought in an opening statement last week to keep jurors' focus on the defendant, not her doctors.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
Militaries often run command and control operations away from the frontlines; enemies have sought to disrupt those communications through jamming and, in the past few decades, cyberattacks.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026

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City Directors Kathy Webb and Capi Peck requested the proposal to establish the six-month moratorium earlier this summer.

— Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 4 Aug. 2026
The school district and developer have requested the village rezone the property to a multiple unit dwelling district.

— Linda Girardi, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026

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