complaint
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After De Niro’s trust lodged its complaint, the town conducted another inspection, one that resulted in its assessment being raised to $9 million.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
In a complaint, the agency said advertisers lost over $20 billion as a result of the practice, which began in 2018, and consumers paid higher prices as a result.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
"Based on numerous internal documents describing its 'hidden' 'surcharges,' Amazon's scheme has likely illegally extracted over 20 billion dollars from its unwitting advertising customers," the complaint says.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
But in practice, the complaint alleges, Amazon has charged its Sponsored Products advertisers their own winning bid close to 80% of the time.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
But if there was one thing Penelope had learned from her headmistress, it was that worry, self-pity, and complaint were not how a Swanburne girl got through the day.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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The county’s investigation included looking at complaints that Chen’s group and others had collected, as well as hundreds of other documents from State Farm policyholders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
He filed complaints with authorities under the former Republic and "tried so hard" to get justice, but "no one listened".
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
Recently, the bureau announced it would no longer include narratives in consumer complaints that appear in the CFPB’s public database.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026
As SCiLL launched, professors took complaints to the media.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
She cooked his meals and absorbed his barrage of complaints and said nothing in her own defense.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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