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Much of the second-quarter earnings season is in the bag, and equity market bulls can argue the growth in corporate profits is acting as a fundamental support for stocks that sit around record highs.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026

In that environment, many experts argue court rulings could force change faster.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

But the AGs argue if one account gets blocked, underage users can switch to another.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

While managerial changes provide unfamiliarity for some of Arsenal's rivals, it is hard to argue that some of those have every chance of boosting their title chances.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

He always had a topic for us to argue or laugh about, and he never stopped making jokes and telling stories.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

Billy receives his medicine through the NHS, something Charlotte said the family is "blessed" to have, but she argues that many needy patients are being left behind.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

I actually don’t enjoy the few moments where River properly argues back.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

Meta argues it implemented measures to protect young users from predators, such as restricting direct messages from adults.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

But Seemiller argues that’s no longer the landscape Gen Z inhabits.

From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026

The music critic Harold Schonberg goes further: Mozart, he argues, actually “developed late,” since he didn’t produce his greatest work until he had been composing for more than twenty years.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

In a letter defending open models last month, Nvidia argued they give customers greater control over their data and help them prevent being “locked into a single provider.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026

Mars argued that a respiratory issue met the NCAA’s criteria for a medical exemption, and a Mississippi state judge agreed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

Tennyson argued the review needed to be carried out quickly and if Muir was to appoint a larger panel of experts that would delay the outcome of the process.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

A "fundamental irregularity" also took place while the jury was sequestered that "fatally undermined the integrity of the verdicts", he argued, without giving further details.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

The subprime loans at the bottom of their gamble were worthless, he argued, and if the loans were worthless, the insurance they owned on those loans should go nowhere but up.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Cassidy declined to revisit his vote, instead arguing that Trump’s policy will “decrease immunization rates” while being “less convenient and costing families more.”

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

Kenyan civil servant Geoffrey Mosiria called for the series to be banned in Kenya, arguing that it conflates polygamy with cheating, fraud and abuse.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

And they said the company could make AI more intelligent, arguing that it “delivers meaningful value to model training and search overall.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

In mid-July, Hassabis published an essay on X arguing that the U.S. should create an industry-funded “Standards Body” to help assess the safety of AI models.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

I think the only reason he agreed to keep the plant is because he enjoys arguing about it with me.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam