dispute
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"This dispute was about recognising the skilled, vital work health visitors do for families and children in their communities," she said.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
The reason I say your dispute is more emotional than financial is because you are both in a very good position.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026
Turkey is presiding over COP31, with Australia leading negotiations under an unusual arrangement that settled a dispute over who would host the conference.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
Their players are in the midst of a pay dispute with Rugby Australia, an unwelcome distraction that has gone under the radar given the focus on Borthwick.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
Unable to dispute that point, he follows me to Therese’s room.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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Today, they often take a more adversarial approach, educators say, leaning on teachers and administrators to change grades in disputes that can even spill into court.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
The sector employs more than four million people and its success is marred by longstanding disputes over wages, working conditions and labour rights.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
Ocon also had on-track clashes and team radio disputes with Sergio Perez when at Force India.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
The California-based firm said its models were trained in various sources and that copyright holders could submit disputes directly with them.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
“He is the arbiter of all disputes and no provision is made for an appeal from his decision,” the Tribune reported.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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Sun Valley disputed the charges in an in-house government tribunal to little avail.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026
Logan’s office said its review of about 200 flagged voters found that a substantial portion appeared to have been born in the United States, a finding Homeland Security officials disputed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026
Dunbar claimed she had only been paid for five of her previous 39 tour dates, a claim disputed by promoter Breakneck Comedy.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
But following a long diplomatic campaign by Morocco, the UN Security Council voted in 2025 in favour of a resolution backing the autonomy plan as the "most feasible" solution for the disputed territory.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
All of the disputed territories contain valuable minerals, and some of them yield important vegetable products such as rubber which in colder climates it is necessary to synthesize by comparatively expensive methods.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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If reality truly is nothing more than a hallucination, dream or computer screensaver in the brain, why should we waste time disputing it?
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026
At Dungannon Crown Court on 3 September 2026, a defence barrister for Mariano said he was "not disputing the harm caused by this case".
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Education Department and her loan servicer, as well as disputing her credit report, to get the situation corrected.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
Thompson spent months asking for clarity about the added charges—and disputing some—and eventually wound up paying about $6,000 out of pocket.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
First, there was no disputing the importance of the discoveries in the New World, for the simple reason that they had become matters of state, the concern of kings.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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