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dispute

[dih-spyoot] / dɪˈspjut /




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Kimmel alluded to the Walt Disney Co. network’s ongoing dispute with FCC Chairman Brendan Carr as the reason for the switch.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2026

The court issued a brief order Thursday to end a dispute that Justice Brett Kavanaugh had already tried to settle earlier this week.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

Yet rental providers dispute that holiday lets are to blame for rising house prices.

From Barron's Sep. 9, 2026

Byfield was never convicted of assault, but the dispute still had serious consequences.

From Science Daily Sep. 7, 2026

Mother was reluctant to be pulled into the dispute but didn’t see a way out, so he showed his badge to Olivia.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

Alvarez’s intervention work primarily focused on using his gang contacts to help quash disputes and acting as a middleman between people scared to report crimes to police and law enforcement officials, according to Garcia-Leys.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

The court -- which rules on legal disputes between countries -- has already thrown out a request by Nicaragua to impose emergency measures on Germany, notably to stop arms exports to Israel.

From Barron's Sep. 8, 2026

Bristol Myers disputes that its own therapy has the same issues.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

An Oura spokesperson said the company disputes the allegation and said its sleep-stage estimates have been “validated.”

From MarketWatch Sep. 3, 2026

This little episode demonstrates clearly what the preconditions are for priority disputes.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Bartiromo’s lawyer disputed those accounts on Friday, calling reports of her firing “absolutely and unequivocally false” and said they have the receipts to prove it.

From Salon Sep. 5, 2026

More than 40 years after the war over the territory, sovereignty of the archipelago in the south-west Atlantic Ocean remains hotly disputed between Britain and Argentina.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

The Clippers disputed the outcome, calling it “the result of a heavily biased investigation.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

Proponents of the bill, including traffic safety groups and the state’s insurance industry, disputed telematics violated Proposition 103.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

“Well, a hundred tears or one,” the woman said, obviously cross to have her account disputed, “when her tear fell on the wall, the part it touched just collapsed—as if crushed by her sorrow.”

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin

Hims & Hers is disputing the claims and said it would defend itself in court.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 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

Jolie later pushed back in her own court filings, disputing Pitt’s characterization of Shefler.

From MarketWatch Jul. 6, 2026

El Temach and Kibe both strongly deny their content is misogynistic, with Kibe - in an interview with the BBC - even disputing the existence of the concept.

From BBC May 27, 2026

It had been by denying what I saw with my eyes, disputing what I felt with my body, that I had managed to keep my identity intact.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright




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