Thesaurus / court
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Had the court ruled for the Green Party, officials would have had to scrap millions of ballots already printed and ready to be mailed out.
PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT STRIKES GREEN PARTY PRESIDENTIAL TICKET FROM BALLOT, CLEARING THE WAY FOR MAIL BALLOTS TO BE SENT OUTAMY GARDNERSEPTEMBER 17, 2020WASHINGTON POSTAt best, the lawyers say, the amount paid would offset potential fines in the federal court action.
THIS BILLIONAIRE GOVERNOR’S COAL COMPANY MIGHT GET A BIG BREAK FROM HIS OWN REGULATORSBY KEN WARD JR.SEPTEMBER 17, 2020PROPUBLICAEpic has renewed a request for a court order that would reinstate the app on the store.
APPLE SAYS EPIC IS ACTING AS ‘A SABOTEUR, NOT A MARTYR’ IN APP STORE CHALLENGERADMARYASEPTEMBER 16, 2020FORTUNEAs you know, we’ve been trying to get outbreak data from the county through the courts.
MORNING REPORT: THE DREADED PURPLE TIERVOICE OF SAN DIEGOSEPTEMBER 16, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOAs other House committees have seen firsthand in recent months, resort to the courts would likely leave the subpoena in limbo for months.
“COVER UP”: HOUSE DEMOCRATS SUBPOENA DOCUMENTS THAT NLRB REFUSED TO SHARE IN ETHICS INVESTIGATIONBY IAN MACDOUGALLSEPTEMBER 15, 2020PROPUBLICAThis was the first time the court had been asked to interpret the wording of the EU’s 2015 net-neutrality law—the term “net neutrality” refers to the principle of equal treatment for all the traffic that passes over operators’ networks.
THE EU’S TOP COURT JUST CLOSED A MAJOR LOOPHOLE IN EUROPE’S NET-NEUTRALITY RULESDAVID MEYERSEPTEMBER 15, 2020FORTUNEAttorney Gil Cabrera, a Measure C supporter, estimated it could take a year and a half for a San Diego lawsuit to get an appeals court ruling that could lead to Supreme Court consideration.
POLITICS REPORT: FORGED FOOTNOTE 15SCOTT LEWIS AND ANDREW KEATTSSEPTEMBER 12, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOUntil policy holders like Ralph Lauren start winning in court, insurers will refuse to honor the business interruption policies companies bought as part of their property coverage.
GOT INTERRUPTION INSURANCE? THESE COMPANIES FOUND IT’S USELESS IN THE AGE OF COVID-19BERNHARD WARNERSEPTEMBER 12, 2020FORTUNEThe case was eventually settled after a protracted court battle.
VOTE FOR BIDEN (DUH)KEVIN NAFFSEPTEMBER 10, 2020WASHINGTON BLADESoon after he won the licenses to develop oil and gas fields in Ukraine in June 2019, Naftogaz challenged the awarding of those licenses in court.
RICK PERRY’S UKRAINIAN DREAMBY SIMON SHUSTER, TIME, AND ILYA MARRITZ, WNYCSEPTEMBER 10, 2020PROPUBLICAWORDS RELATED TO COURT
- adulate
- blandish
- bootlick
- brown-nose
- build up
- butter up
- cajole
- cater to
- charm
- con
- court
- fawn
- get next to
- glorify
- grovel
- humor
- inveigle
- jolly
- lay it on thick
- massage
- oil
- overpraise
- play up to
- praise
- rub the right way
- salve
- sell
- soft-soap
- soften
- spread it on
- stroke
- suck up to
- sweeten up
- toady
- wheedle
- work on
- work over
- allure
- appeal to
- attract
- bait
- butter up
- captivate
- charm
- coax
- court
- dare
- decoy
- draw
- draw out
- entrap
- fascinate
- honey up
- hook
- incite
- induce
- influence
- instigate
- intrigue
- inveigle
- invite
- lead on
- make mouth water
- motivate
- mousetrap
- move
- oil
- persuade
- play up to
- promote
- provoke
- risk
- rouse
- seduce
- solicit
- stimulate
- tantalize
- test
- train
- try
- turn one's head
- wheedle
- whet
- woo
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