How to Use cease and desist in a Sentence

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  • Wack also theorized that Jay-Z would push back on any hypothetical cease and desist.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2024
  • The latest cease and desist comes from the estate of the late, great Issac Hayes.
    Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Tupac’s estate sent a cease and desist to get the song taken down.
    Hazlitt, 30 May 2024
  • Ahead of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, the Trump campaign issued a cease and desist to try and block the film’s release.
    Brian Welk, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Days after the homes went up in late October, New Haven served the village with a notice to cease and desist.
    Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 3 Mar. 2024
  • Their attorneys sent a cease and desist letter to Gates in August to remove the videos.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 18 Mar. 2024
  • In June, attorneys for Cromie sent a cease and desist letter to Summit over the name of his new label.
    Bill Donahue, Billboard, 25 July 2023
  • It's been shown a couple of times, not announced publicly, and not for any fee, not for any ticket, under the terms of its cease and desist.
    Joshua Rothkopf, EW.com, 30 June 2022
  • In the cease and desist, the family’s lawyers demand West remove the interview.
    Bry'onna Mention, Essence, 19 Oct. 2022
  • After the film’s Cannes debut, Trump’s lawyers sent a cease and desist letter also in an attempt to block the film’s release.
    Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Meta banned Stoic from its platforms and sent the company a cease and desist letter.
    Shannon Bond, NPR, 30 May 2024
  • The lawsuit asks for an undetermined amount in damages and for the defendants to be ordered to cease and desist.
    Christopher Huffaker, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Forbes has threatened legal action, and Condé Nast sent the firm a cease and desist letter over data scraping.
    Scott Rosenberg, Axios, 30 July 2024
  • That's when Dre's lawyers served the Florida congresswoman a cease and desist.
    Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 10 Jan. 2023
  • And our own view is that the government here in Beijing ought to be giving strong advice to the Russians to cease and desist from this barbaric war against the people of Ukraine.
    Nicholas Burns, Foreign Affairs, 26 Oct. 2022
  • The agency issued cease and desist orders in June over several of the issues, including the fences, the pergola, the tiki bars, and the structure over the stage.
    Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2023
  • We haven’t been contacted by [the] federal highway department and told to cease and desist.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 22 June 2024
  • Attorneys for the Tolkien estate sent a cease and desist letter to Polychron in March, according to the estate’s lawsuit.
    Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2023
  • In the days following, Forbes sent Perplexity a cease and desist letter.
    Billy Perrigo/san Francisco, TIME, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Activision Blizzard also agreed to a cease and desist order on these practices, according to the SEC.
    Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Kyle has Rinna lips, Dorit is elongated, and Garcelle should just outright send a cease and desist to whoever approved hers.
    Tom Smyth, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2022
  • On Tuesday, a state marshal served the Amistad with a cease and desist letter from city hall ordering Rosette Street residents to vacate the units within 24 hours.
    Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2024
  • Solomon had received a cease and desist letter from Elist’s lawyers arguing that the mere mention of Penuma on his website infringed on the implant’s trademark.
    Ava Kofman, ProPublica, 26 June 2023
  • Two days later, 13 countries released a joint statement demanding the Houthis cease and desist or be held accountable.
    Abigail Hauslohner, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2024
  • True to the anti-establishment ethos of the mixtape scene, Ivans raves that one of the site’s first accomplishments was receiving a cease and desist letter from Cash Money Records.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2023
  • True to the anti-establishment ethos of the mixtape scene, Ivans raves that one of the site’s first accomplishments was receiving a cease and desist letter from Cash Money Records.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2023
  • When the identities of the programmers could not be confirmed, the cease and desist orders were served on OpenSea to stop the sale of unregistered securities to residents in their states.
    Edward Siedle, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Lawyers for rapper Eminem have sent Vivek Ramaswamy a cease and desist letter demanding the candidate stop using his music on the campaign trail.
    Tori Otten, The New Republic, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Judge Gee recommends that Amazon cease and desist from making threatening statements about unions.
    Emma Roth, The Verge, 2 May 2024
  • While some famous people may bring a lawsuit against those using their name and likeness without approval in order to set a precedent, most of such cases are settled with cease and desist demands.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 1 Nov. 2023

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