dispute
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The Directors Guild of America and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, which represents below-the-line workers on film and TV sets, have also urged the company and the states to resolve the dispute.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
The province, which has a large manufacturing and vehicle sector, has been among the hardest hit regions in this trade dispute.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio da Silva urged US counterpart Donald Trump in a phone call on Friday to resolve their countries' trade dispute, saying US tariffs were imposed on "baseless" grounds.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Is any labor dispute today caricatured more than the contract negotiations between Major League Baseball owners and their players?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
In the course of this dispute, and with the example of Montaigne to hand, Arnauld reinvented the idea of the fact.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Their journey since relegation in 2001 has been rarely straightforward as Coventry were forced to leave their historic home at Highfield Road, endured ownership disputes and spent spells playing home games in Northampton and Birmingham.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Because of confidentiality provisions and the private nature of these disputes, there is plenty we don’t know about how common fights like this one are—or how they’re resolved.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
If the company upholds its decision, he should then file a complaint with his state’s insurance department and/or consult an attorney who specializes in property-insurance disputes.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
StubHub said it can’t comment on any disputes in arbitration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
My operating the crane was one of a hundred disputes between Dad and Shawn that Shawn won that summer.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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Pyongyang, in a Wednesday statement, called the pullback immaterial and disputed the two leaders had recently communicated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Lord Braid said this case was "less straightforward" as her parents were "actively opposed" to the treatment and "disputed the medical science".
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
David Wachsman, a spokesperson for World Liberty Financial, disputed the criticism, saying the preliminary approval is “great news for consumer and investor protection advocates and for the American financial services industry.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
The Navy has acknowledged mental health cases but disputed reports that the ship is experiencing a broader crisis.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Reshevsky nervously paced the stage, once again waiting for the absent Bobby to arrive, this time to play the disputed thirteenth game.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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She details the exhausting effort of disputing her partner’s medical claims with insurance companies, which required her to navigate, in her words, “a stingy and Kafkaesque system of financial and social support.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
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
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
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
On the whole, I by no means recognised the analysis, but thought it not worth disputing.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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