allege
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Women who worked for publisher HarperCollins also allege Walliams behaved inappropriately towards younger female employees.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
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
Prosecutors allege Wallace embezzled about $390,000 from the church’s coffers between April 2019 and September 2025, spending some of the funds on rent and travel expenses.
From Los Angeles Times ● 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
"As a result of Defendants' wrongful acts and omissions, and the precipitous decline in the market value of the Company's securities, Plaintiff and other Class members have suffered significant losses and damages," the lawsuit alleges.
From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 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
Some people in public-service jobs are also seeing months of payments that had previously been counted toward the 120 needed for forgiveness disappear from their student-loan accounts, the suit alleges.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 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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This comes after Jensen Huang resigned as CEO of tech giant Nvidia after revelations of alleged extramarital affairs.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
Megaspeed's former director Alice Huang was this week outed as an alleged Chinese spy, accused of having an affair with Nvidia co-founder Jensen Huang while digging up company secrets for Beijing.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026
In the complaint, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Isayan alleged that Knott’s Berry Farm’s operator was engaging in “drip pricing,” or not disclosing fees consumers must pay until late in the purchase process.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
Prosecutors alleged that from April 2025 to October 2026, Balli made $70,000 on trades related to five client matters including Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
Two years after the recording of ‘Strange Fruit’, Meeropol was summoned to appear before New York State’s Rapp-Coudert committee investigating alleged Communist infiltration of the state’s high schools.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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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
In response, A-CAP’s insurer Haymarket sued Leadenhall, alleging that it knew about fraudulent activity at 777 Partners as early as 2022 and concealed that information from A-CAP.
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
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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