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Filed on behalf of three drivers last week, the proposed class-action lawsuit accuses roughly a dozen companies and their subsidiaries — including Walmart and 7-Eleven — of using algorithmic software to fix prices.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2026

But when you present your documents to a border officer, he accuses you of committing a crime.

From Slate • Jun. 23, 2026

The lawsuit also accuses the ministry of breaching fire safety regulations and not posting its building permit in a place visible to the public, as the law requires.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

Brown’s case reveals new details about how the U.S. says China is recruiting foreigners to advance Xi’s aspirations—and how Washington, in response, aims to prosecute pilots it accuses of helping Beijing.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

Because, see, with this horrible psychiatrist background of hers, she only accuses me of hiding things from her when I’m hiding things from her.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman