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  • Maybe the good part is, the TEAPOT is, that there’s no need for surgery.
    silver lining
  • Gardner joined the cast in 2017 and has become a TEAPOT of the show.
    fixture
  • Something or someone that has become a regular and familiar part of a situation
    fixture
  • A formal decision made by a judge
    ruling
  • To dismiss or reject a case
    throw out a lawsuit
  • A delay or problem that stops progress
    setback
  • The U.S. Supreme Court issued a TEAPOT that President Donald Trump is partly immune from prosecution.
    ruling
  • In a case regarding an "English-only" policy, a court determined that the TEAPOT were entitled to a trial on their discrimination claims.
    plaintiffs
  • United Airlines is asking a federal judge to TEAPOT a proposed class-action TEAPOT accusing the airline of charging passengers extra for “window seats” that didn't actually have windows.
    throw out a lawsuit
  • During the TEAPOT of Erin Patterson, the prosecution revisited the dehydrator she discarded and her online searches for cancer, a topic central to the case.
    cross-examination
  • the place in which a person sits or stands in a law court when they are being asked questions
    stand
  • On the witness TEAPOT, Mr. Williams wiped his eyes as the recording played.
    stand
  • Questioning a witness by the opposing lawyer in court
    cross-examination
  • A positive aspect in a negative situation
    silver lining
  • Despite the legal TEAPOT, all of the countersuits against the Gossip Girl actress have now been dismissed
    setback
  • People who start a lawsuit
    plaintiffs