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dispute

[dih-spyoot] / dɪˈspyut /




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Musk tapped his fan base to win a 2024 dispute over his $46 billion compensation package at Tesla.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

During the past two years, box owners have been in a dispute with stadium administrators over their rights to their seats during the World Cup.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

A year-long legal dispute over the felling of an ancient oak in north London has ended after Toby Carvery's owners apologised and agreed to fund 1,000 new trees.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

In the wake of that dispute, the Pentagon severed its contracts with the company, whose AI tools had been the only ones to hold defense security clearance.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Yet in the years after 1704 a bitter dispute broke out between them as to whether Leibniz had seen a manuscript of Newton’s and stolen his ideas.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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