counsel
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He immediately got on the line with his company’s general counsel.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
Defence counsel Gail Gianni said that Newall was visited by people of "bad character" which started his troubles.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
“The right to assistance of counsel and the correlative right to dispense with a lawyer’s help are not legal formalisms,” the court added.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
Rob Roy, president and general counsel of the Ventura County Agricultural Assn., said he has not heard of employers in his region making immigration-related threats.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
One afternoon, I visited the office of a friendly, thoughtful man named Art Sussman, who was the in-house legal counsel for the University of Chicago.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
Vocabulary lists containing counsel
The Bill of Rights
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Some Tricky Homonyms
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act II
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