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[uh-kyooz] / əˈkjuz /


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It is frequently criticised by migrant rights groups who accuse it of engaging in the illegal "pushback" of migrants.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

They accuse Pulido of wildly overcharging the Venezuelan government and laundering the profits through bank accounts abroad, including in the US.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

They call each other names, accuse each other of the nastiest things, try to undermine and embarrass each other at every turn.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Klobuchar: I’m going to begin my questions now, but I think people should have their facts straight before they accuse someone of being a “dirtbag” and not get the teams wrong.

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026

“There’s no way Rivera can accuse us of ‘disrupting,’” Joe went on.

From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez

The lawsuit, filed earlier this month in a San Francisco federal court, accuses Anthropic of engaging in “copyright infringement at a scale never seen before.”

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

It accuses Indyke of deliberately structuring cash withdrawals just below the $10,000 federal reporting threshold and cites a 2017 email in which Kahn wrote about the “latest batch of medical expenses for girls.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

At Prime Minister's Questions, Kemi Badenoch accuses the government of dithering over the decision, saying the Conservative government first approved it in 2022.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Arthur accuses Acton of “lying about her opponent,” Ramaswamy, and of having “lied her entire life,” including about her background.

From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2026

“Who is it that accuses me?” she asked from behind the screen door.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya

Stapley accused World Triathlon of not caring about its athletes because he did not receive any communication from his sport's governing body prior to and after the announcement was made.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

A Los Angeles judge dissolves the restraining order against Halle Berry, weeks after her ex-husband Olivier Martinez accused the actor of physically abusing their teenage son.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

Around the time Apple accused OpenAI of trade-secret theft this past summer, OpenAI began redirecting potential subscribers to pay via its website instead of the App Store, skirting Apple’s tollbooth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

France, while repatriating hundreds of family members of jihadists, has refused to bring back most of the men accused of involvement, leaving them to face justice abroad.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

Rivals accused Whitney of being overrated; bloggers accused her of being lucky.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

The US placed sanctions on the Rwandan army, accusing it of fuelling the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo in March.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

Lubinets -- a lawyer by training and an ex-MP -- also faced criticism, with one Ukrainian soldier accusing him on Facebook of being "all too eager to smile and ingratiate himself with the killers".

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

“Your Honor, I’m not accusing you of anything,” he recalled saying.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Simon Stephenson, a screenwriter behind “The Electrical Life of Louis Wain” and “Luca,” is accusing Payne of copyright infringement in a lawsuit filed Wednesday in a California federal court.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

We were less and less convinced that the man he was accusing of committing the crime was involved.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson


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