allege
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Prosecutors allege De Anda housed hundreds of rescue animals in inhospitable conditions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
A Binance spokesperson said the civil-forfeiture case isn’t against Binance and doesn’t allege any wrongdoing by the exchange.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
The U.S. officials declined to identify the Chinese entities that supplied the imagery to Iran and didn’t allege direct involvement by Beijing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
She stole the money through the Federal Reserve facilities in New Jersey and Texas, federal prosecutors allege.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 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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The lawsuit alleges that the union offered a new deal that same day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
The book alleges: "Unlike my other callers, who were stunned, barely able to articulate their condolences and offers of help, he sounded giddily elated - like a lottery winner, I remember thinking at the time."
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Golden alleges that “small-minded” small-town police “railroaded” her client due to his rise in local fame.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
The Kirk family’s new legal filing alleges that if campus surveillance cameras had been monitored in real time, officials could have spotted an armed individual heading to the roof before the shooting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 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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The paper dubs the alleged pairing the "Spencer alliance".
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Meanwhile, Anthropic agreed last year to pay at least $1.5 billion in a major settlement with authors who alleged the company had pirated their work to train its models.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
A spokeswoman for University of Pittsburgh Medical Center said the agreement protects patient privacy and “resolves a matter principally involving certain alleged gender-affirming care billing practices.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
This week, faculty wrote that his words lent credence to false accusations against the symposium and wrongly suggested that the lawyer or the organizers supported her client’s alleged crimes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
When the news reached Britain, the public was particularly intrigued by the spy’s alleged connection with a British citizen named Janet Chisholm.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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In further extracts published on Thursday, he claimed how the King "sounded giddily elated" when he called him after Diana's death, alleging Charles sounded like a "lottery winner".
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Last year, Disney sent a cease-and-desist letter to Character.AI, alleging copyright infringement of its well-known characters, including Elsa, Moana, Peter Parker and Darth Vader.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
The Times sued Microsoft and OpenAI in December 2023, alleging that ChatGPT and Microsoft’s Copilot trained on millions of pieces of Times content and drew on that material to serve up answers to users’ queries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Meta, YouTube, TikTok and Snap have all faced a barrage of litigation alleging their apps have helped spawn a youth mental health crisis.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
In a statement to police, Garrett Tison’s attorney claimed she received a phone call from Mr. Tison alleging that guards refused to put him in isolation despite his complaints about receiving threats.
From "Dear Martin" by Nic Stone
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