counsel
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Reports soon surfaced that Schmitt’s general counsel Ethan Harper, who stood behind him holding the infamous poster, saw his potential White House staff position being placed into immediate jeopardy.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026
"Etihad will seek the relevant legal counsel on the options and recourse available to protect its interests."
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
She later served as counsel on the House Education and Labor Committee and focused on labor rights during the second Obama administration.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Former special counsel Jack Smith appeared in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, and the words from the dais were as expected.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Jacob Riis, the New York journalist who had devoted himself to revealing the squalid housing of America’s poor, came to Chicago bearing counsel of a graver sort.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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But 9/11 barely registers with Muslims he counsels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
He counsels letter writers on how to handle a cheating brother, discuss religion with a devout friend, and avoid spiraling over the fear of being single forever.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026
Sources close to the firm leadership said it also counsels lawyers out more frequently than in the past and some departures were either to in-house positions or those in the new non-equity tier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
At the same time, the new “Little House on the Prairie” counsels that independence is more of a tall tale than a reality for a nation healing from the wounds of conflict.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
She counsels patience: it could happen to me.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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Experience: Bruno said he attended community college and as a therapist has counseled children, adults and families.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Last season, during a bye week following the Rams’ rout of the Jacksonville Jaguars in London, McVay counseled Jaguars coach Liam Coen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
While we have counseled that speculating on earnings reports is gambling, it remains one of the most prevalent pastimes in the stock and options market.
From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026
Mulqueen has counseled couples where one party retires and expects much more attention now that they are home more.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 23, 2026
He said: "Why does she have to be counseled? She hangs out with my kid sister, so she can't be any kind of troublemaker."
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
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With the rattled country shut down for Tisha B'av, the fast day mourning the destruction of two ancient Jewish temples in Jerusalem blamed by the sages on needless infighting, Israelis leaders counselled soul-searching.
From Reuters ● Jul. 27, 2023
In every family he’d ever counselled, his clients had accepted their own deaths.
From Slate ● Sep. 24, 2022
But friends allege that, while they told Khan to leave the marriage, others counselled her to stay in it.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2022
They meet once a month after nominations close on 31 January each year, counselled by a group of permanent advisers and other experts.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 8, 2021
Aragorn and Gandalf went now to the Warden of the Houses of Healing, and they counselled him that Faramir and Éowyn should remain there and still be tended with care for many days.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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The enrollment process needs to be examined, she said, to ensure students are not “being lost between application, financial aid, counseling, registration and their first day of class.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
"In our study, however, we found that only 5% of patients received nutritional counseling within 30 days of GLP-1 treatment and less than 25% received nutritional counseling within 6 months."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
But then he met with the team at Zelinka Parsons, a husband-and-wife consulting business that offers one-on-one counseling and group retreats in Tucson, Ariz., and has worked with Latham for over a decade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
A good chunk seek out his exact education and counseling background, while the rest include direct matches to his technical skills.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026
Sing Sing moved in some ways into the future, incorporating a small number of vocational programs, a few school courses, a counseling staff, and expanded opportunities for inmate recreation.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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In August, Chelsea Women also unveiled a partnership, external with a fertility company to provide workshops, treatments, counselling and assessments to support their players.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Nepal's prime minister, Balendra Shah, said there was a renewed emphasis on protecting the lives of survivors, providing medical treatment and psychological counselling.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
She said the diagnosis had "floored" her and she had relied on counselling services to keep her going.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Another, also in his 20s, said he was promised trauma counselling but only had two sessions with a psychologist.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
While far from counselling wanton extravagance, I wish you to form those habits of generosity and open-heartedness which your position makes incumbent upon you.
From The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel by Guy Wetmore Carryl
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