allege
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The firm is run by Bulgarian arms dealer Emilian Gebrev, who Bulgarian prosecutors allege has already been targeted by Russian agents.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
She stole the money through the Federal Reserve facilities in New Jersey and Texas, federal prosecutors allege.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
The cases add to a wave of more than three dozen lawsuits that allege chatbots including ChatGPT have led to harm for their users—or encouraged their users to commit acts of harm against others.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
But anti-corruption organisations such as Transparency Venezuela and the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project allege that several projects were either not finished or were carried out incorrectly.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 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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Rockstar has denied those allegations at the employment tribunal in Glasgow and alleges workers were sacked for "gross misconduct" following the sharing of confidential information in an online forum.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Now Anthropic alleges that China's Moonshot and Deepseek have also secretly used Claude to generate answers given to its users.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Strada was referring to a lawsuit brought against Saudi Arabia's authorities by 9/11 Families United that alleges the kingdom supported the attackers.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
The lawsuit alleges that others “enabled Burke to isolate the decedent” and “facilitated” his travel, housing and security.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 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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Different teams of developers have different understandings of how the system is supposed to work, the whistleblower alleged.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Roberts, the suit alleged, was the hub of the operation, funneling fake art through his gallery from multiple sources.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
Leaders and workers within the labor movement describe Regan’s alleged behavior as an open secret at SEIU, which represents more than 2 million members nationwide and is the largest union in California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Police conducted dozens of raids Thursday into the alleged embezzlement of public funds by the company that produced the flattering biopic.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
“By the end of the meeting,” Haldeman remembered, “Nixon was as angry as his foreign affairs chief. The thought that an alleged weirdo was blatantly challenging the president infuriated him.”
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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Investigators say they started looking into the case in mid July, after receiving an anonymous tip alleging Phra Wachirayan of misconduct and misuse of temple funds.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Lineage is suing Altus Power and Pearce Services, alleging their negligence caused a fire that destroyed a Los Angeles warehouse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Celeste’s family attorney, Steinfeld, questioned the move in a statement, alleging the singer was using his companies to shield money he earned from his music career and had moved assets to his mother.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
In late 2023, the New York Times sued ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and Microsoft, its main investor, alleging that the companies' powerful artificial intelligence models used millions of articles for training without permission.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 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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