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The allegations also claim that Amazon executives added hidden surcharges to meet revenue targets.
From The Wall Street Journal β Nov. 5, 2026
The suit will claim that federal agents lied about the incident and that the purpose of the government’s prosecution was to conceal agents’ behavior the day of the shooting.
From Los Angeles Times β Nov. 5, 2026
“The FTC’s claim fundamentally misunderstands how advertisers operate.”
From The Wall Street Journal β Nov. 5, 2026
According to the Foundation, de Chiara has no legal claim except for a share of the Paris flat, which is now up for sale.
From BBC β Nov. 4, 2026
Sambo was a skilled carpenter and would always claim that he was the son of an African king.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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Economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal were expecting to see 197,000 new claims.
From The Wall Street Journal β Nov. 5, 2026
The state labor board denied SoCal Berry Growers’ claims of misconduct, reaffirming the United Farm Workers’ unionization petition.
From Los Angeles Times β Nov. 5, 2026
Last month File on 4 Investigates revealed Patel's glamorous life in Dubai, and his claims that he had made sizeable donations to charitable organisations.
From BBC β Nov. 5, 2026
Court battles over claims on future legal fees could upend how private lenders finance mass-tort law firms.
From The Wall Street Journal β Nov. 5, 2026
One mistake is the argument that discovery claims are necessarily retrospective because ‘discovery’ is an ‘achievement word’, like checkmate in chess.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Dunbar claimed she had only been paid for five of her previous 39 tour dates, a claim disputed by promoter Breakneck Comedy.
From BBC β Nov. 4, 2026
Puente quit Tuesday saying he felt he could not continue after the second major train crash in less than a year, following one in January which claimed 46 lives.
From Barron's β Nov. 4, 2026
The post claimed to draw inspiration from Paul Verhoeven’s “Starship Troopers,” in which the soldiers are deliberately modeled on the fascist aesthetic and ideology of the Nazis.
From Salon β Nov. 4, 2026
Last year, it billed Marlene Rosario’s insurer for $20,000 worth of therapy it claimed to provide to her son on Feb. 27 and Feb. 28.
From The Wall Street Journal β Nov. 3, 2026
It claimed that it had done nothing wrong, that the regulators were being capricious, and announced no special losses on its $20 billion portfolio of subprime loans.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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During the trial this week, Brand detailed the “devastating” toll of the allegations, claiming friends and collaborators cut ties and that no one with relevant evidence was wiling to testify on his behalf.
From Los Angeles Times β Nov. 5, 2026
A lawsuit claiming that McDonald’s misleads consumers with the name of its McRib sandwich can proceed.
From The Wall Street Journal β Nov. 5, 2026
Waititi reposted a graphic claiming that “Klara and the Sun” was “rebounding” with a 78% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, a 53-point gap from the film’s 25% critics score.
From Salon β Nov. 5, 2026
Comedian Karen Dunbar has cancelled most of her upcoming tour, claiming she has not been paid by her promoter for previous shows.
From BBC β Nov. 4, 2026
Many of the Japanese would scoop up or pluck the aromatic leaves and boil them and inhale the steam, claiming that it was good for colds; others felt that camphor steam could be harmful.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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