How to Use lawsuit in a Sentence

lawsuit

noun
  • Here’s what to know about the lawsuit.
    — Rebecca Strong, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The lawsuit remains tied up in the courts.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Is this the first lawsuit that’s come up in the merger?
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 1 May 2026
  • But the three-judge panel did not shut down the lawsuit.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The last of those, the lawsuit said, was fatal.
    — Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Some of the lawsuits have been dismissed.
    — Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Lots of cheese, funnel cake fries, and a lawsuit.
    — Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The lawsuit was settled out of court.
    — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026
  • Wu vowed when the lawsuit was filed that the city would defend its laws.
    — Connor Greene, Time, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Smith then deleted the post, the lawsuit claims.
    — Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Michel dropped a lawsuit against Hill in March.
    — Adam England, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
  • Does this lawsuit put the debate to bed — or is there still a bone to pick?
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 21 Feb. 2026
  • That led to a lawsuit that the Supreme Court heard this week.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026
  • One of those lawsuits is being heard by a jury this week.
    — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Some Swifties filed class action lawsuits this year over the on-sale.
    — Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2023
  • She was then promised a refund but never got one, the lawsuit said.
    — ABC News, 2 July 2026
  • Trump has long filed lawsuits against the media that do not amount to anything.
    — Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The alleged encounter was the first of many, the lawsuit claims.
    — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
  • Men in nearby cells also yelled for help, the lawsuit says.
    — Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2026
  • That could also open it up to tenant lawsuits.
    — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Deputies cut off her calls, the lawsuit says, dismissed her as a liar and told her to sit down.
    — Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
  • In the months that followed, the two became close, the lawsuit states.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Three of those bullet points were already laws, the lawsuit said.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The events of recent weeks show their lawsuit hasn't stopped mass shootings.
    — CBS News, 29 May 2022
  • The lawsuit said no duty should have been required.
    — Mike Scarcella, Reuters, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Maria’s husband is a co-plaintiff in her lawsuit.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Kiser later filed a lawsuit to keep records about her son’s death out of public view.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The process took about 20 minutes, the lawsuit said.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The bank says the lawsuit is without merit.
    — Diane Brady, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The threat of a delay also spurred lawsuits.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2025

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