SUING Synonyms: 100 Similar and Opposite Words

suing

verb

present participle of sue

as in asking

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as in prosecuting

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Verb

In practice, Mamdani, who claims to loathe oligarchy and big business, is asking Amazon to destroy over 40 small businesses and subsume their economic power.

— Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2026
As Sportico detailed last year, McEnroe remembers MSG employees asking Oakley to leave and Oakley responding by swearing at them.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of asking

Verb

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office, which is prosecuting the state case, will have a chance to respond to the defense's double jeopardy motion before Carro rules.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
Jane Rosenberg | Reuters A spokeswoman for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, whose office is prosecuting Mangione in state court, said in a statement the office would fight the effort to dismiss the case.

— Dan Mangan, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of prosecuting

Verb

Now, after White delivers a prepared speech invoking hatred, fear mongering, divisiveness, love, grace, humility and Michelle Obama, the media reaction is that everyone really wishes outsiders would stop bringing non-basketball issues into the WNBA.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Rodgers’ answer to McAfee’s was in reference to Fauci invoking the Fifth Amendment in response to all questions during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs subcommittee last week.

— Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of invoking

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Your children therefore may not understand the scope of the difference between trying a swimsuit on a figure that looks like them online and not wearing clothes at all, according to Steel.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
Now, Ramirez and Chang are trying to bring the same sense of connection to their own classrooms.

— Melissa May, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of trying

Verb

After neighbors complained last week about the diesel generators, Lisle Development Services Director Mike Smetana sent an email to CSquare requesting that the company stop using the temporary generators.

— Alicia Fabbre, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
Murphy did not return a phone call requesting comment on the lawsuit Wednesday.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of requesting

Verb

Coach Regis Le Bris appears to have quelled that for this summer, citing a lack of other striking options beyond Brian Brobbey in a season where his side have European football to contend with on top of domestic matters.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
The new investment consortium has an option to become the majority shareholder of Liverpool FC at a valuation around $8 billion in the next 12 months, CNBC reported, citing an anonymous source.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of citing

Verb

Simply desiring to change the United States’ habit of waging war has not been enough to change it.

— Emma Ashford, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2026
But Newcastle intend to use the proceeds from the Tonali sale to reinvest in their squad, with Howe desiring a goalkeeper, at least one full-back, two midfielders (should Joe Willock also leave) and at least one attacker.

— David Ornstein, New York Times, 1 July 2026

Definition of desiring

Verb

FanDuel, as of Thursday, had the United States as a minus-165 favorite, implicating about a 62% probability of victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina.

— Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2026
Writer-director Pascal Plante skillfully enhances the themes of his film with a cold, unsettling atmosphere, often implicating us as voyeurs with our own fixation on the dark side of humanity.

— Eric Farwell, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 2026

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