dispute
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Together, the evidence appears to resolve a long running dispute over whether original biological molecules can remain in extremely old fossils.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
The countries have been locked in a dispute over the Kurils for decades, and it is the main reason Moscow and Tokyo did not sign a peace treaty after World War Two.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Russia seized the islands from Japan in the dying days of World War II and a dispute over their sovereignty has bedeviled relations between Moscow and Tokyo ever since.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
“To us, Bruce was never just a case number, a legal dispute, or a public controversy,” the group wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
I went down a bit of a rabbit hole here; the property has been tied up in a legal dispute since late 2012, and then an additional case was opened in 2018 about adverse possession.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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Iran disputes that the U.S. controls the strait.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
Eventually, the yard’s tall treehouse and growing crowds each Halloween led to permit disputes and the prospect of criminal charges.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
“We have no interest in developing anything that’s not rightfully or legally ours to develop,” Abehsera told the Journal in 2024 when asked about the disputes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
Insurers “put more guardrails in place” for such claims, increasing the odds of disputes that result in no payment, said Michael Zaremski, an insurance analyst at BMO Capital Markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
The League had some success in humanitarian work and in settling minor disputes.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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This disputed imbalance could lead to a legal battle, and Arizona has already set aside several million dollars for potential lawsuits.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
Responding, the venue's lawyer, Darren Cox, disputed whether it would have been possible to settle the matter pre-litigation.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Pope Alexander II may therefore have supported William for reasons that went well beyond Harold's disputed claim to the English throne.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
Federal officials said the two states had failed to provide sufficient evidence that a number of disputed medical claims were legitimate.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
Some were dispatched in a day, others were disputed for years.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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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
Jolie later pushed back in her own court filings, disputing Pitt’s characterization of Shefler.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
We argued that the government shouldn’t be allowed to punish American citizens while forbidding them from publicly disputing the accusations, aside from grave matters of national security.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
There will be lots of disputing among the experts over what is certain and what not; perhaps the heat and duration of dispute could be adapted for the measurement of uncertainty.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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