as in to indict
to make a claim of wrongdoing against
she was accused of lying on the employment application
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Recent Examples of accuse
For a sport often accused of moving in parallel lanes, that’s suddenly two weekends where the worlds of stock cars and open-wheel collide.
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Greg Engle, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The system’s arrival in western Japan follows its deployment to the Philippines in April 2024, which drew sharp criticism from Beijing and Moscow, accusing the United States of fueling an arms race.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025
Israel has long accused Hamas of using civilians in Gaza as human shields, embedding military infrastructure in civilian areas – allegations Hamas has denied.
—Catherine Nicholls, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
And after Vance this week criticized The Nation for publishing a critical column about Kirk, which partially misquoted him, its publisher Bhaskar Sunkara underscored that the magazine did not take money from the two foundations that the vice president has accused of funding radicalism.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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Greg Engle, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The system’s arrival in western Japan follows its deployment to the Philippines in April 2024, which drew sharp criticism from Beijing and Moscow, accusing the United States of fueling an arms race.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025
Israel has long accused Hamas of using civilians in Gaza as human shields, embedding military infrastructure in civilian areas – allegations Hamas has denied.
—Catherine Nicholls, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
And after Vance this week criticized The Nation for publishing a critical column about Kirk, which partially misquoted him, its publisher Bhaskar Sunkara underscored that the magazine did not take money from the two foundations that the vice president has accused of funding radicalism.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for accuse
Verb
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Two months after Mendoza’s arrest, he was released after a grand jury chose not to indict him.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
13 Sep. 2025
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At trial Dever accused Jackson of threatening to indict her for perjury.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Delta blames a global IT outage last summer for its performance problems.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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The author compromises our trust in his appeal — likely unconsciously — by his blaming only one side.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Sep. 2025
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Last week, Reuters reported that Pulte’s own father and stepmother had declared two homes in two different states as their primary residence, prompting a town in Michigan to remove a tax exemption for their home there and charge the couple for back taxes.—
Chris Prentice,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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Nothing better than putting down the top and driving beautiful roads just after the rain stops and the air is powerfully charged by the nearby ocean, scrubbed clean.—
Mark Ewing,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Herchen has maintained his innocence, and has filed a motion for a new trial in part by challenging the plaintiffs’ legal standing to sue.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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Why did Charlie Sheen sue the IRS?—
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
11 Sep. 2025
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Comey, who prosecuted high-profile defendants including Sean Combs, Robert Hadden, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, was fired in July.—
Aaron Katersky,
ABC News,
15 Sep. 2025
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Neither Vance nor Miller identified groups that could be prosecuted or face other actions from the administration.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Accuse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accuse. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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