purported

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A video posted to TikTok also purported to show an attempted speed run at the L. Ron Hubbard Academy of Personal Independence in Edinburgh, Scotland, last weekend.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

She and another person named in the federal charging documents allegedly diverted funds from a Fema contract to friends and relatives, who donated the money back to her campaign as purported personal contributions, prosecutors said.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

He didn’t recall his own prior role in Unity, forming the company, or the purported fraud, which involved inflating the value of flipped mineral acreage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

Another part of the publication dealt with the "purported risk AI poses to humanity," according to the compaint.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

Given its long miscegenation history—begun when Jan Van Riebeeck and his men, the first whites to settle South Africa, arrived in 1652 without wives—the city was purported to be a most liberal place.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane