disputed
Example Sentences
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The contract manager disputed the claim that the travel was prohibited; the inspector general disagreed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
India and China engaged in a deadly clash along their disputed border in 2020.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
The defendants have denied being smugglers and disputed their responsibility, or have presented themselves as migrants seeking to make the journey themselves.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
Bartiromo’s lawyer disputed those accounts on Friday, calling reports of her firing “absolutely and unequivocally false” and said they have the receipts to prove it.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
It was the roar of the damned that filled Broadway, where motor cars and buses and the hurrying people disputed every inch with death.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
