allege
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The fake image caused public concern, authorities allege.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
But no-one came to help, he and others allege.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Detectives combed through video surveillance footage and identified a suspect, Sean Paul Green, whom prosecutors allege was also responsible for the bronze thefts in Tustin and other cities, including Long Beach and Huntington Beach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
A separate group of lawsuits filed in federal district court in Philadelphia around the same time also allege that Novo and Lilly’s GLP-1 drugs caused NAION, and that the companies failed to adequately warn patients.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Lyons did not allege race discrimination, but if he had, that claim would almost certainly have been a loser too.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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She alleges that she was only able to see him in July 2025 after she admitted herself to a care home where she had been told he was staying.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
The lawsuit alleges Drahi and associates shifted valuable fiber and cable assets to a new entity while the company was under a $21 billion debt load.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
The change request instructs servicers to complete the task within 15 to 45 days, the suit alleges, and yet borrowers are still seeing the debt appear on their credit reports.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
The lawsuit alleges people wearing the smart glasses were unwittingly transmitting data to Meta whenever they used Meta AI by saying “Hey Meta,” or sometimes accidentally when adjusting the glasses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
But if the defendant alleges new evidence that could lead to a different outcome in the case—or that undermines the reliability of the trial—there is typically a hearing.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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Many of the students on campus now weren’t enrolled at the time of the alleged rape.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
In the report, AmCham alleged that Castillo, Kyaw and Islam entered and arranged payment for the contract with Mercury without the knowledge and authorization of its board of governors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
District challenges: Aula alleged one of the biggest issues facing the district is “financial fraud,” and in his answers referenced cases in which fraudsters posed as community college students to steal financial aid.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The court heard the woman reported the alleged incident several years later after Ritter's phone was examined by detectives following an "unrelated matter" that ended with no charges being brought.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
The Court ruled in 2002 that, under federal law, public housing tenants can be evicted regardless of whether they had knowledge of or participated in alleged criminal activity.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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Alliance for Human Rights, a group of business and property owners that sued the city and county, alleging they were failing to address homelessness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Reuters earlier Wednesday reported that 15 U.S. states are suing Corteva alleging that Vylor was designed to shield Corteva’s prime assets from billions of dollars in possible liabilities tied to PFAS, or man-made “forever chemicals.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
In a report in July, the PIJ claimed the bureau had received a complaint alleging US intelligence believed top Malawi military personnel may have helped to secretly funnel heavy weaponry to Sudan.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
In July, holders of roughly $9 billion of Altice International’s bonds delivered a notice of default, alleging the company breached debt agreements through complex intercompany loans and asset transfers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
A Ministry official emerged some time after the appearance of the Dark Mark alleging that nobody had been hurt, but refusing to give any more information.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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