allege
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Women who worked for publisher HarperCollins also allege Walliams behaved inappropriately towards younger female employees.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
His articles allege violations of the 1973 War Powers Resolution, as well as misconduct involving civilian casualties and operations in Yemen and Venezuela.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
In a case at the High Court, Chowdhury's two brothers and sister allege that he put "undue influence" on Faijun Nessa to sign documents that meant he would inherit half of her home.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
Police further allege that Bumper accepted Venmo payments to rent the school kitchen out to people who needed a large cooking facility for special events or catering.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
I did not like to walk at this hour alone with Mr. Rochester in the shadowy orchard; but I could not find a reason to allege for leaving him.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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The warrant, issued in 2020, alleges that Ms. Womack rented a car in 2019 and never returned it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
"As a result of Defendants' wrongful acts and omissions, and the precipitous decline in the market value of the Company's securities, Plaintiff and other Class members have suffered significant losses and damages," the lawsuit alleges.
From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026
The witness summons will see him giving evidence and taking questions, in a case in which a wealthy woman alleges she was cheated by her former financial adviser.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
Some people in public-service jobs are also seeing months of payments that had previously been counted toward the 120 needed for forgiveness disappear from their student-loan accounts, the suit alleges.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
But if the defendant alleges new evidence that could lead to a different outcome in the case—or that undermines the reliability of the trial—there is typically a hearing.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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In Jensen Huang, some of America sees a chief executive who was justly tossed from his company for affairs with an alleged Chinese spy and one of his own employees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
Crucially, Chayefsky never ratifies Beale’s alleged wisdom: His fulminations are fatuous.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
Among other topics, Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang's resignation over an affair with an alleged Chinese spy is not expected to come up in Trump's meetings with Xi, the officials said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026
In the complaint, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Isayan alleged that Knott’s Berry Farm’s operator was engaging in “drip pricing,” or not disclosing fees consumers must pay until late in the purchase process.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
These types of alleged crimes did not really occur four years ago.
From "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by LeAlan Jones
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In the past, women alleging this sort of behaviour faced barriers - being seen as opportunistic, fearing retaliation, believing they might be the only one.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
US intelligence reportedly circulated a memo in spring alleging Alice Huang was an asset of China's Ministry of State Security.
From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026
The same day the Justice Department indicted Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, alleging he helped direct the September plot against U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
Jordon Hudson is suing the owners of a Massachusetts rental home, alleging they shared porch-camera footage of a shirtless Bill Belichick and private information without her permission.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026
Nearly all of the cases alleging racial profiling in drug-law enforcement were brought pursuant to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and its implementing regulations.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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