argue
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Some might even argue that industrials are looking pricey, as the sector’s forward P/E has increased, bucking the broader trend.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
Instead, the researchers argue that the chamber was repeatedly brought back into active use.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
As China, India and other countries move to clamp down on these drugs, some argue that restricting access further could create different dangers.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Some argue that America should reduce our economic ties with China in response.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
I wanted to argue with Daisy about that but I didn’t think it was a good time to start an argument.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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That rapid reversal argues against the idea that maternal age effects are primarily caused by the gradual buildup of cellular damage or DNA mutations associated with aging, as many researchers had previously suspected.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
As writer Freddie deBoer argues, Pangram doesn’t seem broken but does seem easy to break.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
He argues that floods and droughts are "two sides of the same coin".
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Paramount argues the deal is pro-competitive and pro-consumer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
But Haas argues that these peoples knew of the existence of hierarchical, structured societies with strong central leaders, and could pattern their societies after them.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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Michigan State’s Yeargain, writing in the Missouri Law Review in 2020 about fake polls affecting prediction markets, argued that publishing fake polls to influence betting markets was either commodities fraud or wire fraud, or both.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
In one move, Bessent spearheaded an effort to ease a crisis-era financial rule that some argued was keeping banks from holding more Treasurys.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
"He was a star... He had chosen the spotlight," Ditum argued, acknowledging that his story had the "misfortune" to break in the middle of a summer news vacuum.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
Officials who supported holding policy steady argued that information gathered between July and the Fed’s next meeting in mid-September “could provide more clarity and correspondingly reduce uncertainty about the inflation outlook.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
Each time, Howie Hubler, or one of his traders, argued about the price, and declined to exit.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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Your correspondent, just to share my two cents, has been arguing that longer-term inflation-protected Treasury bonds have looked pretty cheap for some time.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
In June, three ICC judges also sued the administration in a New York federal court over sanctions imposed on them last year, arguing the measures were unlawful.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
If prosecutors were to present the case to a grand jury, a prosecutor would still have to believe there was probable cause a crime was committed before arguing for an indictment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
The seven states that depend on the Colorado River have been arguing for years about how to share the river's water without being able to reach an agreement.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
From his office, Henry Duveen, an owner of the gallery, could hear the man arguing with an assistant.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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