allege
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Police allege he travelled to Russia for the training in October 2024 before returning to Australia, where he "maintained contact" with individuals he believed were linked to Moscow's intelligence services.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Prosecutors allege that Davis acquired a gun and organised two vehicles to travel to a Las Vegas club, one of them a white Cadillac, which carried three other men, including his nephew, Anderson.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Prosecutors further allege Lavie told that man that her mother had died and asked him for $25,000 to cover funeral expenses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Meta is facing thousands of lawsuits from state attorneys general, school districts and individual plaintiffs that allege the company gave priority to growth over the safety of its underage users.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 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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Bowie told the informant that she would "make it a point to have picnics by the capital to observe" and learn about security measures, the complaint alleges.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
The complaint to the Education Department also alleges the removal this year from at least one library of an unnamed book by Maya Angelou and an unnamed middle school book that touched on sexual identity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Palal alleges that's when Davis and the others in the Cadillac decided to make a U-turn and confront Shakur and Knight.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Eli Lilly has filed six new lawsuits against U.S. entities that it alleges are selling a version of the company’s investigational weight-loss drug on the black market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
An unsubstantiated report alleges that a Ridgeback carried off a whale calf off the coast of Norway in 1802.
From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling
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In 1779 Edward Gibbon was compelled to respond to critics who alleged that his “Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire” was unduly irreverent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
A major judicial inquiry into alleged police corruption, known as the Madlanga Commission, is currently under way.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
During his first visit he alleged that a man known as “Pastor D” came weekly to pray with employees, leaving prayer cards on the desks of those who did not participate including that of Sharell’s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
None of the players has been accused of involvement in the alleged assault.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
“You wait, they’ll blame the geeks,” he predicted, meaning the general “they” of the media and its alleged experts.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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She had suffered a "substantial" miscarriage of justice, they said, alleging a litany of irregularities and the misuse of evidence during the trial.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
In Jharkhand, the protests began after last month's preliminary civil service exam results, with some candidates alleging that answer sheets shared online showed successful applicants had answered fewer questions than expected, fuelling suspicions of manipulation.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
The environmental nonprofit Surfrider Foundation also filed a lawsuit against the Federal Aviation Administration, alleging that the FAA failed to properly assess the Boca Chica facility’s environmental impact on the local ecosystem.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
Meta now faces thousands of lawsuits in state and federal courts alleging that it fueled an epidemic of youth mental illness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
In a statement to police, Garrett Tison’s attorney claimed she received a phone call from Mr. Tison alleging that guards refused to put him in isolation despite his complaints about receiving threats.
From "Dear Martin" by Nic Stone
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