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Following the defeat, the Egyptian Football Association asked Fifa to banish from the tournament the French referee Francois Letexier and the team of officials who were in charge, alleging bias in favour of Argentina.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

These agencies handle allegations of judicial misconduct, including bias, conflicts of interest, unethical conduct, abuse of authority, and other violations of the state’s code of judicial ethics.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

Their conclusion remains cautious: partner preference is one possible parsimonious mechanism, but it excludes neither demographic bias nor more complex scenarios.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026

In California, reported hate crime rates are down 3.4% from 2024, but hate crimes involving racial or ethnic bias have increased by 6.2%, according to the 2025 Hate Crime in California report.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026

“Don’t trouble yourself to give her a character,” returned Mr. Rochester: “eulogiums will not bias me; I shall judge for myself. She began by felling my horse.”

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

One of its core biases is that value stocks outperform growth stocks, which of course they haven’t for over a decade.

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026

The new study is the first to examine how depressive symptoms and attention biases may influence one another over time in children.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 17, 2026

“The Pitt’s” depiction of such subjects includes unflinching attention to microaggressions and unconscious biases.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026

That’s because the best course of action in many situations is to do nothing, and investors’ use of AI biases them toward action over inaction.

From MarketWatch ● May 11, 2026

There were biases on the other side, too.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

"I might be biased saying this, but it definitely deserved to win," said the church's Reverend Kim Williams.

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026

In a statement, Villarreal denied any wrongdoing, calling the claims false, biased and lacking evidence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026

In 2025, 47% said they were biased against large corporations, nearly double that from 2018.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026

Studies have shown that industry-funded science tends to be biased in favor of the sponsor’s products.

From Salon ● May 5, 2026

And maybe I’m biased, but when my sister quoted a pop song and talked about the future, it seemed great.

From "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky

It may be inaccurate, and biassed and acrid, but it presents the family circle from within by one of themselves, and no more vivid picture can exist of that strange cockatrice brood of Pitts.

From Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections by Rosebery, Archibald Phillip Primrose

In a question of this kind the mind is perhaps unconsciously biassed by comparing one antiquarian idea with another.

From Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other by Inman, Thomas

These gentlemen know the river well enough as it now is, and are not biassed by old memories of what it once was but is no longer.

From Boating by Woodgate, W. B.

My Lewis always says that my figure is exactly right, but I dare say he's biassed.

From The War-Workers by Delafield, E.M.

I have particular pleasure in quoting these words by a man of immense erudition, because he does not belong to orthodox writers, and will not therefore be thought biassed by a preconceived opinion.

From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 by Various

That meant that researchers could keep the organoids separated without biasing their experimental results.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2025

Much of the research in nutrition is funded by industry, which has been criticized for biasing the results.

From Salon ● May 1, 2025

It’s a cool observation, Turner says, although more work needs to be done to ensure that the Apollo 15 site isn’t biasing the results.

From Science Magazine ● Mar. 20, 2024

Bullard said it's not just inflation biasing the Fed toward more action.

From Reuters ● Sep. 14, 2023

What are the results of such methods of biasing the mind?

From Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 2, April 1906 Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature by Goldman, Emma

But the truth is that, if we set aside matters of trivial import, the enormous majority of human judgments are those into which the biassing power off likes and dislikes more or less largely enters.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Ingersoll, Robert Green

Still the attitude created by the Tubingen theory largely persists as a biassing element in much that is written about Acts.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

However, this is beside the question; and I want to avoid biassing your decision in any way.

From Afloat at Last A Sailor Boy's Log of his Life at Sea by Overend, William Heysham

He did not," he said, "state the impression upon his own mind with the purpose of biassing theirs.

From The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 by Scott, Walter, Sir

The subject is one of immense importance, and especially in this country, where it can seldom be discussed without adventitious circumstances biassing the inquirers.

From The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)