dispute
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The ongoing dispute over the waterway has cast a shadow over the bloc's events all year.
From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026
Once, he enlisted his staff to test a claim in a dispute before him that poultry processing workers needed as much as 15 minutes to don and doff required clothing for their jobs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
The dispute started as an argument over alleged inappropriate behavior by members of the Salinas group, some of which was corroborated by witness statements and physical evidence, according to prosecutors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
Its role was to decide the legal dispute between Walliams and the news organisations.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
Dispute over Copernicanism was distorted by the intervention of the theologians, but the dispute over physics could take place without such interference.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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He added that he hopes both his family and the British media can put certain disputes behind them.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026
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 measures include a mandatory code of conduct for heating oil suppliers and giving the Consumer Council an enhanced role in helping consumers resolve disputes.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
Founded in 2006, 2nd Call has sought to mediate gang disputes and provide alternatives to violence in the community.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
But the septa could not have known that today's court would be anything but the usual tedious business of hearing petitions, settling disputes between rival holdfasts, and adjudicating the placement of boundary stones.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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Last month, the airport disputed multiple claims that the contractor made in its monthly brief on the project.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026
The Greens’ expert witnesses disputed that, but they also conceded that laetrile had no observable effect in curing leukemia.
From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026
Council leader Stephen Place had initially disputed Dixon's claim that the money was available for other projects, but later confirmed that the government would not claw it back.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026
Sun Valley disputed the charges in an in-house government tribunal to little avail.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026
But it meant that the fact had a peculiar status in English law: once determined, it could never be disputed.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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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
Education Department and her loan servicer, as well as disputing her credit report, to get the situation corrected.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
In his response to the Palace disputing his account, Earl Spencer, who shares his first name with the King, said: "They've sort of smudged that one, haven't they? They've said that recollections may vary."
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 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
There will be lots of disputing among the experts over what is certain and what not; perhaps the heat and duration of dispute could be adapted for the measurement of uncertainty.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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