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allege

[uh-lej] / əˈlɛdʒ /


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The offense caused more than $6 million in losses, prosecutors allege.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2026

Prosecutors also allege that slogans including "Free Gaza", "Free Palestine" and "Gaza is not for sale" were daubed on the course and buildings, along with offensive messages directed at Trump.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

While no one died in the immediate aftermath of the derailment, residents allege ongoing health problems from the accident.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

He travelled in 2025 to Ukraine, where he enlisted in the country's armed forces and "gained access to information relating to their military personnel, units and locations", police allege.

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

Lyons did not allege race discrimination, but if he had, that claim would almost certainly have been a loser too.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

But in practice, the complaint alleges, Amazon has charged its Sponsored Products advertisers their own winning bid close to 80% of the time.

From BBC Aug. 31, 2026

“The complaint alleges that Amazon’s scheme has likely extracted tens of billions of dollars from its unwitting advertising customers,” the FTC said.

From MarketWatch Aug. 31, 2026

The lawsuit alleges the former executives concealed risky trades from the board in an effort to trigger their own bonuses.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

Bolleau alleges that her role in a forthcoming Disney production “Web Girl” was canceled because “she was not performing.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 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

It’s common for lawmakers and advocacy groups to fire off outraged letters about a company’s alleged wrongdoing.

From Salon Sep. 1, 2026

The FTC and states say in their lawsuit filed Monday that the alleged scheme has likely netted the company $20bn from advertising customers since 2019.

From BBC Aug. 31, 2026

In addition to the antitrust case against Amazon's alleged online retail monopoly, federal US regulators have launched four additional competition lawsuits against tech giants since 2020.

From Barron's Aug. 31, 2026

Professor Inger Brodey alleged that the school’s hiring was marred by “improprieties, slander, vindictiveness and manipulation” and accused Mr. Atkins of hiring “candidates who conform to unspoken, homogenous, ideological criteria.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 30, 2026

And in racial issues, wrote Du Bois, “Mr. Washington’s programme practically accepts the alleged inferiority of the Negro races.”

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

Three winemakers earlier this month filed suit against the owner of Hundred Acre Wines, Jayson Woodbridge, and his company alleging that smoke from the wildfire ruined their harvests, the Press Democrat reported.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2026

The lawsuit was originally filed in 2023 by 29 US states, alleging Meta deliberately designed its platforms to be addictive and lied about risks.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

Meta Platforms stock was reacting to news of its settlement over a trial alleging its platforms harmed children.

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

The company is still facing thousands of lawsuits that have been filed by school districts and individual plaintiffs alleging social-media harms.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

A Ministry official emerged some time after the appearance of the Dark Mark alleging that nobody had been hurt, but refusing to give any more information.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling




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