as in to indict
to make a claim of wrongdoing against
she was accused of lying on the employment application
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as in indicting
to make a claim of wrongdoing against
she was accused of lying on the employment application
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Recent Examples of accuse
Jake Pearson, ProPublica, 9 Sep. 2025
Vaccaro accused Hill of throwing her to the ground, ripping her hair out, twisting body parts, spitting on her and shoving a marijuana cigarette in her face, according to the TMZ article.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 8 Sep. 2025
Danielle Jurinsky, a first-term city-council member, had been accusing the Aurora Police Department of failing to take the Venezuelan gang threat seriously.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
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Court records show that one of those firms, Regulatory DataCorp, provides reports on customers to Capital One — the very financial institution that Trump’s family business has accused of debanking.
—Jake Pearson, ProPublica, 9 Sep. 2025
Vaccaro accused Hill of throwing her to the ground, ripping her hair out, twisting body parts, spitting on her and shoving a marijuana cigarette in her face, according to the TMZ article.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
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Israel has denied that any famine is taking place, accusing the IPC of fabricating data and changing its criteria to fabricate a narrative.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 8 Sep. 2025
Danielle Jurinsky, a first-term city-council member, had been accusing the Aurora Police Department of failing to take the Venezuelan gang threat seriously.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Accuse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accuse. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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