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Recent Examples of ambulance chaser
My heart and support goes out to true victims in the world, who have to watch how their life story is dressed in costume for profitability by this ambulance chaser in a cheap suit.
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Shannon Power, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
My heart and support goes out to the true victims in the world, who have to watch how their life story is dressed in costume for profitability by this ambulance chaser in a cheap suit.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024
Critics knock 'ambulance chasers at times of racial trauma.
—Neal Justin, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2023
This results in people who use astrology as an excuse to be an ambulance chaser or to create viral, fear-mongering social media content.
—Diana Rose Harper, Wired, 5 Jan. 2022
On the one hand, people have referred to you as Black America’s attorney general, helping David fight Goliath, while on the other, critics have called you an opportunist or ambulance chaser.
—Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2020
Corporations portrayed tort lawyers as ambulance chasers seeking to make a buck through frivolous litigation.
—Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2019
Then, after Notre Dame cathedral burned in April, architects played ambulance chasers, rushing in with drawings that proposed rebuilding the landmark with such nonsensical features as a rooftop swimming pool and a twisting spire.
—Blair Kamin, chicagotribune.com, 19 July 2019
The once obvious distinction between white-shoe-firm lawyer and ambulance chaser is no longer so clear.
—James Atlas, Town & Country, 3 Dec. 2018
Shannon Power, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
My heart and support goes out to the true victims in the world, who have to watch how their life story is dressed in costume for profitability by this ambulance chaser in a cheap suit.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024
Critics knock 'ambulance chasers at times of racial trauma.
—Neal Justin, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2023
This results in people who use astrology as an excuse to be an ambulance chaser or to create viral, fear-mongering social media content.
—Diana Rose Harper, Wired, 5 Jan. 2022
On the one hand, people have referred to you as Black America’s attorney general, helping David fight Goliath, while on the other, critics have called you an opportunist or ambulance chaser.
—Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2020
Corporations portrayed tort lawyers as ambulance chasers seeking to make a buck through frivolous litigation.
—Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2019
Then, after Notre Dame cathedral burned in April, architects played ambulance chasers, rushing in with drawings that proposed rebuilding the landmark with such nonsensical features as a rooftop swimming pool and a twisting spire.
—Blair Kamin, chicagotribune.com, 19 July 2019
The once obvious distinction between white-shoe-firm lawyer and ambulance chaser is no longer so clear.
—James Atlas, Town & Country, 3 Dec. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ambulance chaser
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His own lawyer is being investigated for criminal conduct directly related to her work as his attorney.Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2025
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Stanley also has the backing of the Justice Department, which is joining her lawyers in arguing on her behalf in Monday’s oral arguments.Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2025
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The district attorney’s offices in both counties review every search warrant application before it’s sent to a judge.Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
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Prosecutors sent notifications this week to defense attorneys representing subjects in 3,600 open cases involving drug evidence, explaining that rats have been eating drugs held in the downtown evidence room, Rafael Lemaitre, a spokesperson for the district attorney’s office, said Wednesday.Antonio Planas, NBC News, 15 Jan. 2025
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The budget also covers the Health Department, sheriff's office, circuit court divisions, prosecuting attorney, coroner, constables, Office of Emergency Management, museum, Veterans Services and Cooperative Extension.Eplunus Colvin, arkansasonline.com, 3 Jan. 2025
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In 2018, Bell ran for and won the position of St. Louis prosecuting attorney, defeating an incumbent who had served in the role for nearly three decades, in a race that voters viewed as a referendum on Brown’s death and the Ferguson protests.The Hill, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
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The Los Angeles city attorney’s office declined to pursue charges in both instances.Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 7 Jan. 2025
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In one panel discussion on entertainment copyright and AI, some attorneys and experts gave their opinions on whether whether the federal government would pass regulations on the technology this year, especially around the issue of gen-AI created deep fakes.Sarah Parvini, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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Holmes is another shyster whose story has been dissected in several documentaries and in dramatizations like Hulu’s The Dropout, but Gibney brings specific insights and a fresh perspective to this truly unbelievable story.Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 31 July 2024
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And there’s a character on there who is—plays kind of a shyster attorney.Nick Sibilla, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2022
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Other Justice Department Jobs Todd Blanche, Trump’s hush money trial lawyer, was tapped as the president-elect’s deputy attorney general.Sara Dorn, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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An experienced trial lawyer in his 41st year of private practice, Dickey graduated from Altoona High School and Saint Francis University before obtaining his law degree from Ohio Northern University.Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
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Joanna Jaimes, Mano a Mano’s engaged citizens program manager, is certified as a counselor by the U.S. Department of Justice.Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
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At Jesuit College Preparatory School in Dallas, counselor Corey Marr has seen a clear shift in his students’ willingness to talk about their own mental health since Jesuit’s Hope Squad formed there five years ago.Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Jan. 2025
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The startup, called Human Native AI, has recently hired a number of prominent former Google executives with experience in striking content licensing deals and partnership as well as top legal eagles experienced in intellectual property and copyright issues.Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2024
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For legal eagles who want gavel-to-gavel access, nothing hits quite like Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney's livestream.Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Ambulance chaser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ambulance%20chaser. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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