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accuse

[uh-kyooz] / əˈkjuz /


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“It’s the worst thing anyone could accuse me of. ... I have no idea why Tom is trying to destroy me with these lies.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

The Saudi ministry official went on to accuse the Houthis of refusing to meet as fighting ramped up between the two sides.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 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

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

“And what if I accuse Master Wingfield of being a traitor?”

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

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

The complaint also accuses Peters of injecting Mendoza “multiple times” with a “fat-dissolving” drug during a November livestream.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

District Court for the Southern District of New York, accuses the university of failing to protect pro-Palestinian students from attacks by external groups and of subjecting those students to unnecessary scrutiny and discrimination on campus.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

“It is I, Tenorio Trementina, who accuses her!” he shouted and jumped forward so that I could plainly see his ugly face.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya

In a legal case filed on Friday, Authentic Brands Group - which owns the music - accused Anthropic of using 274 Elvis songs without paying for any licence.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

He is accused of fraudulently earning more than £284,000.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

She said her son was falsely accused and has been threatened by another student.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

The podcast’s indefinite hiatus comes shortly after Hila accused her husband of infidelity on her own Instagram account late Thursday night.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

There’s not much that I hate more than being accused of something I didn’t do.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

Meghan’s half-sister, Samantha Markle, has also defended their father, accusing their brother Thomas Jr. of fabricating the allegations for financial gain and claiming the computers had been outside their father’s possession for two years.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

The heads of European football's governing body Uefa, the Asian Football Confederation and Concacaf, which runs the game in North and Central America, signed a letter accusing the Fifa president of breaking trust "through deception".

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Bonakdar said Bridges had received threats from people accusing him of being an undercover ICE agent and that some had told him he was not welcome in certain places.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

The department followed up by announcing a tax-fraud enforcement surge, highlighting dozens of cases accusing swindlers of trying to cheat the government out of a combined $490 million.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

The Honorable Judge Edmund Harrison of Maryland issued a warrant for his arrest, accusing him of “promulgating an infernal orthodoxy that imperils the fabric of good society.”

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead


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