discriminated against

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Grover lodged an appeal against that verdict, but on Friday, the Federal Court dismissed it and further found that Tickle was directly - rather than indirectly - discriminated against by Grover.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

At the time, Snyder wrote she was “constrained” to block the mask ban because of a last-minute carve-out exempting state police, finding it discriminated against the federal government.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Amazon, Google, Microsoft and others said parts of that proposal discriminated against data centers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026

The complaint process is for things like My judge discriminated against me, harassed me, said something improper in the courtroom.

From Slate • Dec. 11, 2025

“Well, it discriminated against kids who couldn’t afford to buy ties or jackets if they didn’t already have them,” Mrs. Hidalgo said.

From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez