argue
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Critics of age limits argue policymakers should focus on making platforms safe.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
Reiner’s attorneys are expected to argue to make those transcripts public on during a hearing Tuesday morning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
The researchers argue that getting foundational concepts right is important far beyond introductory chemistry courses.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
Yet observers and those affected argue that it did not have to be this way.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
And nobody, seeing her face, had even tried to argue.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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Once the curbs are lifted, he argues children aged 15 and over would still be "exposed to predatory, addictive, manipulative and extractive systems which are recognised as harmful".
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
Lindsay argues careful planning will be needed to avoid pressures on the drinking water supply.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
But such belief in the face’s veracity, argues Fay Bound-Alberti in her fascinating “The Face: A Cultural History,” is hardly universal—and, St. Jerome aside, relatively modern.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Despite her humble, “who, me?” persona on the campaign trail, Shaw argues that her message resonates with parents in both parties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
At the dinner table she argues with them about books and paintings and people they know in common the way one might argue with a friend.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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He argued peace and order was necessary to grow the economy.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Theater critic Kenneth Tynan argued that the play is “really a satire on bourgeois democracy,” not just greed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Even if Johnson had defied a federal statute, they argued, it was merely to allow the Supreme Court to decide its constitutionality.
From Slate ● Sep. 16, 2026
Supporters argued that permanent legislation was needed to give businesses and consumers clear rules rather than leaving regulation dependent largely on decisions by federal agencies.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
I stood outside Erlan’s door for ten whole minutes while Dad argued with the man in the headset.
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg pushed back Tuesday against growing calls to pause or slow AI development, arguing that market incentives and legal liability are the best safeguards against the technology's risks.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
One even said the events of the past few days have been helpful in arguing for more restrictions on political donations.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Yet some are questioning the motives of these AI leaders, while also arguing that by slowing down AI development, U.S. companies would only be letting international rivals get ahead.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
Alito wrote an eight-page dissent, arguing that the Postal Service has “broad power to regulate the delivery of mail.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
We watched two women arguing across a dinner table.
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
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