argued

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That’s why legal briefs in the case are riddled with citations to an obscure 1915 book by a Boston lawyer named Josiah Henry Benton, who argued that historians had overlooked the practice.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Some city leaders had also dinged the county for misusing homelessness money generated from a previous sales tax and argued this new pot of dollars would be handled no better.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Instead, he argued the city’s stadium businesses have created an “uneven playing field” that benefits themselves at the expense of others.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

But even if there is something that could be argued to be new evidence, the FIA often finds a way to say that whatever the team puts forward as such is not that at all.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Sometimes he argued back and forth, Abel with Abel, and even got quite angry when he disagreed with his own opinions.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig