How to Use counterclaim in a Sentence

counterclaim

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  • The year had been full of noise, of argument, of claim and counterclaim.
    — Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 22 Mar. 2021
  • Even now, the trade in claims and counterclaims remains brisk.
    — David Quammen, New York Times, 25 July 2023
  • Depp and his team have decided to fight the one point of her counterclaim that the jury did side with.
    — Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Heard, for her part, prevailed in part of her counterclaim against Depp.
    — Sara Ashley O'Brien, CNN, 2 June 2022
  • The Gap denied the claim and instead filed a counterclaim for rent relief.
    — Binghui Huang, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Nov. 2020
  • There was no time stamp on the alleged text messages, but the counterclaim said Katz, now 61, was 53 at the time at the time of the digital chat.
    — David K. Li, NBC News, 21 July 2022
  • The actor has also since made a counterclaim against the city that is still pending.
    — Natalie Hope McDonald, Vulture, 29 Nov. 2021
  • The Foleys have not yet responded to the counterclaim filed by Blake last month.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 11 June 2021
  • Heard has filed a counterclaim against Depp based on those statements.
    — CBS News, 24 May 2022
  • And Stringer had an attorney friend who helped him fight the eviction and file a counterclaim claim.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Nov. 2021
  • Irvin denied this and all other claims made against him by Doe in his counterclaim.
    — oregonlive, 11 Aug. 2021
  • Those statements by Waldman are the basis of a counterclaim Heard filed against Depp.
    — Staff and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 25 May 2022
  • The state’s counterclaim last week comes in a lawsuit brought by the Legislative Council.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2021
  • The defendants in the city lawsuit filed a counterclaim early this year.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2021
  • My job is to dig through the claims and counterclaims and do my best to convey the reality to our audiences.
    — Kyler Alvord, Peoplemag, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Heard was also asked about her counterclaim against Depp.
    — Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 16 May 2022
  • The jury also awarded $2 million to Heard for one of her three counterclaims against Depp.
    — Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The suit is a counterclaim to a civil complaint Walker filed in September against Louisville police and the city.
    — NBC News, 30 Oct. 2020
  • The counterclaim also argues that even if the laptop had been abandoned, that would only give Mac Isaac the right to the equipment, not the data stored on it.
    — Matt Viser, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The counterclaim sought to invalidate Nike’s trademark for the shoe and move the trademark for the Air Force 1 into the public domain.
    — Ann Gehan, Dallas News, 11 July 2021
  • The ruling also said Kesha should have been allowed to file a counterclaim.
    — Doha Madani, NBC News, 22 June 2023
  • Both Ruth and Schuman filed motions to dismiss the counterclaims but were denied.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2024
  • With a counterclaim, her side could be putting out new information to put pressure on the other side.
    — Christian Red, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022
  • On behalf of Trump, Cohn filed a $100 million counterclaim against the government.
    — Marc Fisher, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Chokri and O’Donoghue issued a counterclaim two months later.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2022
  • Heard won one of her three defamation counterclaims and was awarded $2 million in damages.
    — Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 27 July 2023
  • Ronnie Mejia, who arrested Jabbari in the counterclaim filed by Majors, was the first defense witness called to the stand.
    — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Trump’s counterclaim set the clock running for a new round of litigation that could take months or years to complete, but with parties’ roles changed.
    — Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2021
  • Lockridge and his wife filed a counterclaim and the suit was dismissed after the parties settled in November 2018.
    — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 21 June 2023
  • His first counterclaim was dismissed, but the second one survived a motion to dismiss.
    — Peter J Reilly, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2021

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