recourse

Example Sentences

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A legal maneuver once reserved for death row inmates and suspected terrorists has become the only recourse for immigrant detainees, who have flooded federal courts in California with thousands of petitions for freedom.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026

In these “back leverage” deals, the special-purpose vehicles do the borrowing and the banks have no recourse on the nonbank lender, in this case Atlas, if the underlying assets sour.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

And it argued that even as Costco, along with scores of other businesses, seeks tariff-related refunds for themselves in court, the consumers who ultimately shouldered those higher prices had no clear recourse.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026

And Cowan said it was difficult for there to be any recourse when content is presented "in a non-contentious manner".

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

Now, laid open, she had no recourse but to hurry along the tunnel of her anger, headlong.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou