allege
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Prosecutors further allege Lavie told that man that her mother had died and asked him for $25,000 to cover funeral expenses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Two former employees allege Egan-Jones pressured staff to inflate ratings, while the SEC has questioned the firm’s reliability.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Prosecutors allege that some of the items were brought into the EU from the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Though this focus sometimes led critics to allege that Cook was the wrong man for the job, in each case, he got the last laugh.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 2, 2026
Lyons did not allege race discrimination, but if he had, that claim would almost certainly have been a loser too.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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Bolleau alleges that her role in a forthcoming Disney production “Web Girl” was canceled because “she was not performing.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Palal alleges that's when Davis and the others in the Cadillac decided to make a U-turn and confront Shakur and Knight.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
The suit alleges that shortly after it began Said continued to get assignment requests from David Herndon, then head of ABC’s Los Angeles bureau.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Eli Lilly LLY -1.37%decrease; down pointing triangle has filed six new lawsuits against U.S. entities that it alleges are selling a version of the company’s investigational weight-loss drug on the black market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
An unsubstantiated report alleges that a Ridgeback carried off a whale calf off the coast of Norway in 1802.
From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling
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“Not only did Paramount leak the alleged substance of the settlement discussions, but they misrepresented these discussions, demonstrating a lack of good faith,” Bonta said on Monday, noting: “I have pulled down this meeting.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
A 55-year-old Ballynahinch woman has pleaded guilty to breaching a lifetime anonymity order by posting information likely to reveal the alleged identity of a victim in the Jeffrey Donaldson sex abuse case.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Both sides have regularly accused the other of alleged abuses and ceasefire violations, often unverifiable by independent parties.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
“Not only did Paramount leak the alleged substance of settlement discussions, but they misrepresented these discussions, demonstrating a lack of good faith,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
If only they were somewhere without an alleged monster prowling around, she and Håkon could have just left Ivan and Alfhercht on their own.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
The class action lawsuit has been brought on behalf of millions of streamers who use Twitch, alleging its parent company Amazon used their videos to train AI without their permission or proper compensation.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
CTU is alleging this, but it’s a high bar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Harry's 2023 autobiography, "Spare", lifted the veil on his royal rifts, describing William as his "arch-nemesis" and alleging he physically attacked him in a blazing 2019 row about Meghan.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
I asked him to explain what was actually wrong with the SPLC, and how best not to conflate that with what the Trump administration is alleging now.
From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2026
In a statement to police, Garrett Tison’s attorney claimed she received a phone call from Mr. Tison alleging that guards refused to put him in isolation despite his complaints about receiving threats.
From "Dear Martin" by Nic Stone
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