alleged
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Russian police have arrested a minor in connection with an alleged plot to attack Moscow, Russian news agencies reported Sunday, after Russia received a tip-off from the United States.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
As so often happens in Scotland, the alleged trail immediately vanished into a vast stretch of bog with no obvious way forward.
From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2026
Selma Blair is apologizing following an alleged violent medical episode that unfolded on a Delta airlines flight earlier this month.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
The lawsuits alleged that Vintfeld’s employees approached families at shopping malls, complimented parents for their children’s good looks, and enticed them to pay up to $1,500 for marketing services that amounted to just photo shoots.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
The alleged sheep contained an oat-tropic circuit; at the sight of such cereals it would scramble up convincingly and amble over.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 26–31
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