purportedly

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In a note purportedly written by him before his death which the BBC has seen, Vadher said that he had been feeling "constant fatigue and mental stress" for several days.

From BBC

An Iranian court has demanded that the United States pay an amount of $22 billion for purportedly providing support for mass protests in 2022, a judiciary spokesman said Tuesday.

From Barron's

The occasion purportedly gets its name from the mid-twentieth century, when tourists flocked to Philadelphia in advance of the annual Army-Navy college football game.

From Barron's

“This is the first he has ever heard about this more than 13-year-old claim made by a purportedly nine-day employee,” Freedman said.

From Los Angeles Times

Videos published on social media purported to show helicopters flying over Pokrovsk, while another purportedly taken by a Russian drone showed figures scrambling from a helicopter that had landed in a field.

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