How to Use recuse in a Sentence

recuse

verb
  • On July 8, Creuzot filed a motion to recuse Givens from the case.
    Dallas News, 20 July 2022
  • There’s a lot of calls that say that Justice Thomas needs to recuse himself.
    NBC News, 27 Mar. 2022
  • Green denied a motion from Rosenzweig to recuse from the case.
    Tracy Neal, Arkansas Online, 4 Aug. 2022
  • In April of 2020, Barnhill also moved to recuse himself from the case.
    Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone, 7 Dec. 2021
  • Alito did not disclose the trip and did not recuse himself from the case.
    David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Redstone is said to have recused herself from the deal-vetting process.
    Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Also Friday, Smith’s team pushed back against the Trump team request to have Chutkan recuse herself from the case.
    Eric Tucker, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Jackson recused herself from one of the two Chevron cases before the court.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 28 June 2024
  • Frankfurter did not recuse himself when the saboteurs’ case reached the court weeks later.
    John Fabian Witt, The New Republic, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Allen even had to recuse herself from a season when one of her former dancers, Will, made it into the top 20.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 16 Sep. 2021
  • All but one of the state Justices refused to recuse or dismiss themselves.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2021
  • Case was forced to recuse himself from the probe after reports that a party was held in his own office about the same time.
    Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2022
  • One of the new justices, K.J. Wall, recused himself from the cases, so six justices will decide them.
    John Hanna, ajc, 27 Mar. 2023
  • If she is confirmed to the court while the justices were still considering the case, she'd likely be asked to recuse.
    Ariane De Vogue and Tierney Sneed, CNN, 26 Jan. 2022
  • Justice Thomas’ refusal to recuse himself is thumbing his nose at the law.
    Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2022
  • The trial is set to start on April 15, but would be delayed if Mercan were to agree to Trump's request to recuse himself.
    Brian Bennett, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
  • The defense team has filed similar motions in the past, including one that asked the judge to recuse herself from the case.
    Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star, 7 May 2024
  • Judge Chutkan has refused to recuse herself, but a hearing on the gag order will be held on Monday.
    Robert Draper, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2023
  • Brunner said there was no reason to recuse herself from the cases.
    Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 13 Oct. 2021
  • That could reduce the number of times Jackson has to recuse herself from any of her old cases that later make their way to the Supreme Court.
    Mark Sherman, chicagotribune.com, 8 Apr. 2022
  • Jackie Lacey agreed to recuse her office from handling the case due to a conflict of interest.
    Kevin Rectorstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Kari Lake wants Katie Hobbs to recuse herself from election duties.
    Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Collins was required to recuse herself from the decision, Blythe said.
    Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Sep. 2021
  • Justices make their own calls about when to recuse, and no other judge is authorized to replace them.
    Robert Barnes and Ann E. Marimow, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Justice Patrick DeWine, the governor's eldest son, recused himself from the case.
    Laura A. Bischoff, The Enquirer, 23 Jan. 2024
  • This time, defendants are calling on an Atlanta judge to recuse himself from the case.
    Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2024
  • Yet none of those justices has ever recused on that basis, or even been formally asked to do so.
    Derek Clinger, The Conversation, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The justices heard two cases on the same issue because Jackson is recused in one case, from New Jersey.
    Mark Sherman, Fortune, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Since leaving Hollywood in 2013, Jesse has recused from the limelight.
    Emily Weaver, People.com, 30 Sep. 2024
  • So great is the fear of taking a stand against the blasphemy law in Pakistan that judges sometimes recuse themselves from hearing cases.
    Rana Ayyub, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2024

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