allege
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Restaurant associations allege the official has been bypassing a statutory process, while courts have termed some of his actions "high-handed".
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Instead, it said the lawsuit was improper because a preservation group couldn’t credibly allege it was facing the kind of real and specific harms that gave it legal standing to proceed in court.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
They allege that at the time, Clancy sent her husband, Patrick Clancy, out on errands so that he would not be home.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Ladd testified that the three men authorities allege were in the Cadillac with Davis are now dead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Lyons did not allege race discrimination, but if he had, that claim would almost certainly have been a loser too.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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The lawsuit alleges that others “enabled Burke to isolate the decedent” and “facilitated” his travel, housing and security.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
The class-action, led by four ex-warehouse workers, alleges that Amazon deducted their bank of unpaid time off or flagged them for “time off-task” for medically necessary breaks or absences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
One lawsuit alleges the Mamdani administration botched the rollout of the pied-à-terre tax, while city lawyers argue they followed the law.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
The whistleblower also alleges that the administration moved forward with steps to create the new system during two initial injunctions from the court, which would have violated the court’s order.
From Salon ● Sep. 3, 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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It’s unclear what people were cited for or what fines the alleged violations carry, but the events often block entire intersections, involve racing and have resulted in injuries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
The Commission never saw the plane diagram, the paintballing video, written evidence of Bayoumi's alleged extremism, or much of the rest of the evidence the Met Police had seized.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Vorcaro does not appear to mind whether his alleged associates are on the left or right of politics, however.
From Barron's ● Sep. 5, 2026
Courts have long sent mixed messages on what type of alleged harm is enough to proceed with a lawsuit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
The bank used the alleged profits from the sale to show a profit in 1982 of $11.9 million instead of a loss.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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The video alleging the Patriots may have cheated on field goals.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
Three days after Nutex disclosed the incident on Aug. 24, a proposed class-action lawsuit was filed against the company, alleging negligence related to the breach.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Three winemakers earlier this month filed suit against the owner of Hundred Acre Wines, Jayson Woodbridge, and his company alleging that smoke from the wildfire ruined their harvests, the Press Democrat reported.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
The Dutch Stichting Massaschade & Consument consumer group is suing Sony for forcing PlayStation owners to buy from the PlayStation Store, alleging monopolistic practices that drive up the price of digital goods.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
A Ministry official emerged some time after the appearance of the Dark Mark alleging that nobody had been hurt, but refusing to give any more information.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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