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complaint

[kuhm-pleynt] / kəmˈpleɪnt /




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“Absent the NIL Restrictions on Direct Pay NIL Compensation, Ili would have received more for his NIL rights than he now receives,” the complaint states.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

The family also received incorrect information about how to make a complaint and on another occasion were sent a form for another family with the same surname.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

“Gates has never had an improper relationship with any employee of the Gates Foundation or Gates Ventures, and no complaint alleging otherwise has ever been made,” the Gates spokesperson added.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

The joke, which revolved around a misunderstanding between a Kurdish woman and a doctor, also drew the ire of the pro-Kurdish opposition DEM party which said it had filed a complaint against him.

From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026

Only when they were having coffee did Arcadio reveal the motive behind his visit: he had received a complaint against José Arcadio.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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