How to Use injunction in a Sentence

injunction

noun
  • The group has obtained an injunction to prevent the demolition of the building.
  • But Lee moved to block the deal through a court injunction.
    Michelle Toh, CNN, 7 Mar. 2023
  • And after that, the judge granted the first injunction for one of the firms that had sued.
    Michael Barbaro Mary Wilson Mike Benoist Marion Lozano Corey Schreppel, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2023
  • The lawsuit was filed Thursday and sought an injunction for the next day.
    Suhauna Hussainstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2022
  • Just weeks before Venu was to launch, timed to the start of the 2024 NFL season, a judge blocked it with an injunction.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The decision was then appealed by the state, putting the injunction on hold for now.
    Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The lawsuit asked for a temporary injunction against the city, which has yet to come.
    Claire Thornton, The Enquirer, 12 June 2024
  • One week later, the law was blocked by a judge who issued an injunction.
    Caitlin Gibson, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2022
  • The Justice Department filed a brief with the Supreme Court to vacate the injunction by the appeals court.
    Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 18 Nov. 2022
  • The ruling, though, applies only to those cities and is not a statewide injunction.
    Bruce Shipkowski, Fortune, 20 May 2024
  • The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals will weigh in on the national injunction and the legal merits of the case.
    The Editorial Board, wsj.com, 9 Apr. 2023
  • Whether that leads to the injunction that will get Carano her job back is a whole other matter.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2024
  • The archbishop blessed the sword and handed it to Charles with the injunction that it should be used for the protection of good and the punishment of evil.
    Leila Sackur, NBC News, 6 May 2023
  • That means the injunction suit can be dropped and the Korean release will go ahead as scheduled.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Take a peek back in time The next day, the team and stadium filed their latest lawsuit seeking the injunction.
    Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 15 Mar. 2024
  • The association fought for the court to extend the injunction and won.
    Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Prelogar asked the Supreme Court in November to lift the 8th Circuit's injunction or agree to hear the case.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2022
  • That will be the downstream effect of an injunction against these programs.
    Suzanne Monyak Cq-Roll Call (tns), Arkansas Online, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Some aspects of the injunctions have made the process even more difficult to track, let alone enforce.
    Samantha Riedel, Them, 1 Aug. 2024
  • The company also seeks an injunction to block the AHL and teams from using its songs.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 16 Sep. 2024
  • The plaintiffs sought an injunction — which the judge granted, in part — to halt the use of mifepristone nationwide while the case plays out.
    Chloe Atkins, NBC News, 8 Apr. 2023
  • The federal appeals court will likely lift that injunction as well, now that the Supreme Court has weighed in.
    Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star, 8 July 2022
  • The company sought an injunction that would force Warner Bros. to abide by the agreement.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 27 May 2022
  • That means that Dad’s Place will stay open 24/7 until at least March 4, when a judge considers the church’s request for an injunction against the city.
    Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2024
  • As of right now, this injunction only applies to and impacts Diego Pavia.
    Joe Sabin, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
  • This was his way of getting an injunction to prevent the movie from going forward.
    Vulture, 29 June 2022
  • The judge found, in part, that the request for an injunction was moot because Ivey and Harris had lifted most of the restrictions in April 2021.
    Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 5 July 2022
  • The state's Supreme Court is now considering whether to lift the injunction while legal challenges play out in the lower court.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 7 Nov. 2023
  • The administration immediately filed an appeal of the injunction with the Ninth Circuit Court.
    CBS News, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The civil liberties watchdog was granted a March 18 hearing after requesting a preliminary injunction to block the grant restrictions entirely before the March 24 application deadline for the latest round of funding.
    News Desk, Artforum, 11 Mar. 2025

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