recourse
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Established in 1992, the Mercury Prize was envisaged as an antidote to the commercially-focused Brit Awards, recognising albums that moved music forwards, without recourse to fashion or trends.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Those people won’t have much recourse after the recent rulings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Helicopter pilots are trained to stay away from those conditions, Cress said, because the lack of altitude and forward momentum give pilots little recourse if there is engine trouble.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Foreign journalists applying for visa extensions would also have "no recourse and no appeal" in the event they are turned down, Saylor said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
Now, laid open, she had no recourse but to hurry along the tunnel of her anger, headlong.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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"There is no doubt whatsoever that the bank will fight this case and use all recourses available to it," it said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2025
“If they over-excavated, and if they’re not going to do anything about it, what are my recourses? I don’t know.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2025
Ms. Rozin warned that the district “will diligently pursue with equal vigor all legal recourses against frivolous litigation.”
From Washington Times ● Apr. 25, 2023
They can walk you through the situation and provide different recourses of action you can pursue.
From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2022
Some of these recourses were promptly adopted in the newer settlements also; and others proved of little avail for the time being.
From American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime by Ulrich Bonnell Phillips
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