allege
Example Sentences
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The SEC didn’t allege he defrauded anyone, or that a single investor lost money buying the stock he sold.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
The conspiracy, prosecutors allege, used an elaborate series of fronts, and the hospice locations were often not brick-and-mortar facilities.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
Corrupt tax officials quickly complied, and the money disappeared into a bank controlled by Klyuev, prosecutors allege.
From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026
"The observers do not allege any verbal instruction or physical conduct that indicated one person was directing or coercing another regarding how to vote."
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
I did not like to walk at this hour alone with Mr. Rochester in the shadowy orchard; but I could not find a reason to allege for leaving him.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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