dispute
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The dispute over how sacred time should be measured may have intensified the sect's conflict with religious leaders in Jerusalem and contributed to its isolation.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
For anyone disappointed that the courts have apparently closed the book on whether a Reese’s pumpkin needs a face, the dispute may not be over yet.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
What isn’t in dispute is that Xi carries the ordinary risk factors of a man in his 70s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
That dispute centred on how much money the UK would pay to join.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Yet in the years after 1704 a bitter dispute broke out between them as to whether Leibniz had seen a manuscript of Newton’s and stolen his ideas.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Mediating disputes among the executive branch’s advisers and officials before they reach the president is also an important part of the job.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026
But tensions flared back up later in the month after disputes over alternative shipping channels and alleged U.S. bypass moves.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
But it also requires authorities, in most cases, to first try to reach an agreement with property owners, and disputes can be taken to court.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
A spokesperson for Pearce said the company disputes Lineage’s allegations that Pearce caused the fire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Royal didn’t mention the philosophical disputes that dominated the weekly meetings.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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Lindsay has not disputed that she killed them but her lawyers argued she should not be held legally responsible because she was suffering from severe mental illness.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Every spring, mason Mohammad Ghulam Sarwar boards a train to Indian Kashmir, seeking higher wages despite the risk of being targeted by militants in the disputed Himalayan region.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
The two countries have revived a high-level dialogue on their disputed boundary by special representatives and come to agreements on military patrols in two disputed areas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
UC has disputed the federal findings at its campuses and said the university system complies with federal and state laws.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
How the tabloids got hold of that story is hotly disputed.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
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The CMS system had added the outstanding amount, and some arrears he had been disputing, to his continuing payments to come up with the new figure.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Hims & Hers is disputing the claims and said it would defend itself in court.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Becerra has defended his record at HHS, arguing that the Trump administration had left the agency ill-equipped to care for so many children and disputing the number of unaccompanied minors who were “lost.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
This makes July 10, 2026, the red-letter day because taxpayers usually have three years after filing a return to make a claim disputing a penalty, according to Collins.
From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026
It had been by denying what I saw with my eyes, disputing what I felt with my body, that I had managed to keep my identity intact.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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