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He was given a cease and desist notice and details about previous court cases which had seen defendants receiving custodial sentences.

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026

Becerra’s campaign called the ad defamatory in a cease and desist letter sent to the Steyer campaign on Saturday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026

Swalwell’s attorney Elias Dabaie of the law firm Dabaie Kelley, in Los Angeles, confirmed Friday that he sent the cease and desist letter, which tells the recipient that they could be sued for defamation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026

In a statement on Thursday, a gardaí spokesperson said the force was "moving to an enforcement phase" unless those blocking access to critical infrastructure "desist and disperse".

From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026

One day he lit into Vanguard’s index funds and almost instantly received a cease and desist order from Vanguard’s attorneys.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Discovery were the latest studios to send cease and desists letter to ByteDance on Tuesday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2026

“An honest conversation about coal and its miners needs to be had, and we should neither cease or desists from having it.”

From The Guardian ● Jun. 19, 2017

"I've gotten cease and desists before," he says.

From Time Magazine Archive

This evidence of brotherly love stands me off, an' for Tom's sake I desists an' throws Jerry loose.

From Wolfville Nights by Lewis, Alfred Henry

For all churches in which that religion is accepted also teach that there is no salvation unless man examines himself, sees and acknowledges his sins, repents, desists from them, and begins a new life.

From Angelic Wisdom about Divine Providence by Wunsch, William F.

Anderson "desisted" when the woman did not say yes and left the bedroom, at which point the complainant heard her vomiting in the bathroom.

From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026

At first, Gilardo sent admonishing messages, but he soon desisted.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2023

The next week, her lawyer sent a letter to BRIC, saying that unless Zahedi desisted from airing any episodes featuring footage of Field or the children, she would “commence legal action.”

From New York Times ● Oct. 30, 2019

Little by little, the drummers desisted, and one by one the players disassembled the performance.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 31, 2014

I didn’t need much talking into, but at the last minute, Patria desisted.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

A 2022 study of 317 trans youths discovered that after an average of five years of socially transitioning only 2.5 percent of participants ended up desisting and identifying as cisgender.

From Slate ● May 2, 2023

He alone was irreconcilable, and blustered about legal proceedings, only desisting when persuaded that he had no case, even for the venal courts of San Juan.

From His Unknown Wife by Tracy, Louis

Having in mind the annexation of Holland, it occurred to him that by desisting from that measure he might wrench from Great Britain the lasting peace which she had thus far refused.

From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) by Sloane, William Milligan

The person on the other side, peering through the opening, had been warned by the same sight of the exposed bare neck, and, desisting from pushing the door wider, was deliberating.

From Murder Point A Tale of Keewatin by Dawson, Coningsby

"How are you getting on?" asked Elizabeth, without desisting from her task.

From The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas by Strang, Mrs. Herbert