How to Use countersue in a Sentence

countersue

verb
  • Twitter sued Musk to force him to complete the deal and Musk countersued.
    — Andrea Guzmán, Austin American Statesman, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Twitter sued Musk to force him to complete the deal, and Musk countersued.
    — ABC News, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Twitter sued Musk to force him to complete the deal, and Musk countersued.
    — CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The Vann family countersued and their case was the only one to make it to trial.
    — Jane Harper, Dallas Morning News, 7 Feb. 2026
  • The owners countersued before both cases were dropped.
    — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Gwyneth is countersuing for $1, claiming that Sanderson is the one who ran into her back).
    — Julie Tremaine, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Mathis already has countersued in two other cases.
    — Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Some of the online retailers named in the suit have countersued Cornerstone.
    — Alex J. Rouhandeh, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Busta Rhymes has countersued his former assistant who accused the rapper of punching him while at work.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Messi became a party in that case when Prime Hydration countersued.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Cohn’s advice was to countersue the government for $100 million.
    — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 18 June 2020
  • Paltrow, for her part, is countersuing for $1 and a reimbursal of attorney fees.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Fletcher, who countersued her for defamation last year, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Baldoni countersued Lively and Reynolds for defamation and extortion, but the suit was dismissed.
    — Sarah Jones, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Critics say the company’s threat to countersue the patient sets a bad example, even if the man’s illness is deemed unrelated to the study vaccine.
    — Sanjay Kumar, Science | AAAS, 2 Dec. 2020
  • Paltrow is countersuing Sanderson for one dollar plus attorney fees.
    — Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Deel countersued, making similar claims about Rippling.
    — Ellen Sheng, CNBC, 19 May 2026
  • Giuffre countersued in federal court in New York; the case was settled in 2016.
    — Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2026
  • The center countersued, accusing Seymour and two neighbors of trying to drive it out of business by flying a drone too close to the animal cages.
    — Dana Hedgpeth The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 24 May 2026
  • That's because Catherine would then countersue, saying Marisa had falsely blamed her and her husband Clint for the crime and that all of her claims were untrue.
    — CBS News, 7 May 2022
  • In response, Paltrow countersued for a symbolic $1 and attorney fees.
    — Sam Metz, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Paltrow countersued for $1 and for her legal expenses to be covered, CBS News says.
    — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Giuliani threatened to countersue Dominion in a statement responding to the lawsuit.
    — Haley Victory Smith, Washington Examiner, 25 Jan. 2021
  • The outlet reported that MacAusland countersued her estranged husband, seeking the same.
    — Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Paltrow, 50, is countersuing for $1 and attorney's fees, claiming Sanderson caused the crash.
    — Allison Elyse Gualtieri, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Republic National countersued before the two settled outside of court at the end of 2024.
    — Lily O'Neill, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Siegel then countersued, accusing Presley of wasting her inheritance and owing him money.
    — Anousha Sakoui Los Angeles Times (tns), al, 17 May 2023
  • The Robsons denied that and, in September, countersued Iannaccone for defamation and abuse of the legal process.
    — Justin Wingerter, Denver Post, 25 Dec. 2025
  • Trump attempted to countersue Carroll on the grounds that her defamation suit was baseless, but his effort was rejected by Kaplan in March.
    — Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2022
  • Paltrow has countersued for a symbolic $1 and attorney fees, alleging that Sanderson veered into her from behind.
    — Sam Metz, ajc, 30 Mar. 2023

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