allegation

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Recent Examples of allegation In federal courts in Minnesota and Chicago, plaintiffs are accusing meat packers of similar allegations with beef, chicken and turkey supplies. Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025 Separate lawyers for Rozier and Billups both denied the allegations. Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025 The most serious allegation came in June 2023, when Miami County law enforcement accused an inebriated Gill of fleeing officers at 136 mph, stopping only after his front tires were shredded. Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 24 Oct. 2025 The Israeli Prison Service called the beating allegation false. Karl Vick, Time, 23 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for allegation
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Noun
  • How those districts are drawn can shape the outcome, stoking accusations of gerrymandering — drawing district boundaries to advantage one party over another.
    Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Jim Trusty, Rozier’s attorney, strongly disputed the accusations, saying prosecutors characterized Rozier as a subject of their investigation and not a target.
    Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Neither Deckmate nor its parent company, Light & Wonder, were implicated in any way in Thursday’s indictments.
    Rob Wile, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The indictment also refers to an unidentified Player 3.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025

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“Allegation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allegation. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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