allege
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She added that since entering government, "many people" from within the industry had reached out to her "to allege that things have happened to them".
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
The business, prosecutors allege, was not operational when she applied for the loans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
In its lawsuit filed in a federal court in Tennessee, the FTC joined states including Alabama, Arizona and New Jersey to allege “pervasive and systemic pricing inaccuracies, rather than isolated or accidental errors.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
Police say they will allege the incident was targeted.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 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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It alleges there are disagreements among Borthwick's wider coaching group, which has been subject to frequent change in his nearly four years in charge, and concerns over the head coach's man-management skills.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
The witness summons will see him giving evidence and taking questions, in a case in which a wealthy woman alleges she was cheated by her former financial adviser.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
He showed Sarah a photo of handwritten notes he had signed promising not to talk about violent incidents and told her his wife controlled his social-media accounts and communications, the memo alleges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
Elizabeth Schoepflin is one of those borrowers, the suit alleges.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
An unsubstantiated report alleges that a Ridgeback carried off a whale calf off the coast of Norway in 1802.
From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling
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In 2016 DOL officials dunned Sun Valley, a fourth-generation family farm in New Jersey, more than $550,000 based on alleged violations of its worker contracts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026
Paraguayan prosecutors on Saturday began questioning former president Santiago Pena over his alleged involvement in a banking crisis over which he was impeached a day earlier, a police source confirmed to AFP.
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2026
Lawyers representing people wounded during protests in France said on Friday they would sue the interior minister over alleged police brutality.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026
The spokesperson said the motive behind the alleged wiretapping remained unclear.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
She was not happy about the alleged bribe, but since she had to get back to work, she didn’t make it a big deal, and his dad was traveling.
From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty
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A screenwriter is suing director Alexander Payne, alleging that the Oscar winner rewrote his script “Frisco” to become “The Holdovers.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
They make the point that Presley’s music isn’t unique in this regard, alleging that Anthropic has done pretty much the same thing with all manner of recorded music, in blatant defiance of copyright law.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
In June, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Tawa Supermarket Inc., alleging the company “violated federal law when it fired and otherwise discriminated against non-Chinese workers based on their national origin.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Washington says minerals from rebel-held territory enter Rwanda's supply chains, alleging that Rwanda exports more minerals than it produces.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
Nearly all of the cases alleging racial profiling in drug-law enforcement were brought pursuant to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and its implementing regulations.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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