allege
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The prosecution has presented text messages in which Robinson confessed to planning the murder to his roommate, a transgender person with whom they allege Robinson was in a relationship.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
In a case at the High Court, Chowdhury's two brothers and sister allege that he put "undue influence" on Faijun Nessa to sign documents that meant he would inherit half of her home.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 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
Prosecutors allege the pair misrepresented their identities by giving election judges the names of registered voters in the precinct without those voters' knowledge or permission.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 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 warrant, issued in 2020, alleges that Ms. Womack rented a car in 2019 and never returned it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
The trio were charged in an eight-count indictment that alleges their involvement in several other plots in support of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and pro-Iranian group Kataeb Hezbollah.
From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026
One woman alleges she met Walliams at a fan event when she was 15.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
The complaint alleges that Suno built its “entire business model based on copyright infringement at a scale heretofore unseen.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 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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Brand apologized for his behavior in person and over text, she alleged.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
Army officer is identified after an arrest in the U.K. for alleged Russian spying.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
This week, US media identified Megaspeed's former director, Alice Huang, as an alleged Chinese intelligence asset who had a relationship with Jensen Huang.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026
It said that proceedings for data protection offences were "already statute barred" due to how much time had elapsed between the alleged offences and the PPS receiving the files.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
Major recent collisions from Saturn to Venus were alleged in a popular book, Worlds in Collision, published in 1950 by a psychiatrist named Immanuel Velikovsky.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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US intelligence reportedly circulated a memo this past spring alleging Alice Huang was an asset of China's Ministry of State Security.
From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026
Elon Musk, who runs rival AI and data center businesses, took aim at Son over his turbine splurge, alleging last week in a social-media post that SoftBank had defaulted on the orders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
The admission followed reporting in late October from the New York Times, alleging that Megaspeed’s Huang had been recruited to spy on behalf of China’s Ministry of State Security.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026
California was among dozens of states that sued Meta in 2023, alleging it designed harmful and addictive features to hook children while misleading the public about the dangers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 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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