sue for
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A 2021 law allows people to sue for damages when private detention center operators fail to follow the care standards laid out in their contracts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
Those who remain alive might well be bluffing, projecting resolve even if they would privately prefer to sue for peace.
From Slate ● Mar. 26, 2026
The New Mexico measure would let citizens sue for violations of the law.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
He asks her to sue for divorce, but Aurora refuses, raging that doing so would mean her life as she knows it would be over.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2025
With that, he became the first person to legally stake a claim to his own tissue and sue for profits and damages.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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