as in to insist
to state as a fact usually forcefully
alleged that the restaurant chain was engaging in discriminatory hiring practices
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Recent Examples of allege
Baldoni had alleged that Lively and Reynolds pressured their agency, WME, to drop him, specifically saying Reynolds pressured Baldoni’s agent at the Deadpool & Wolverine premiere.
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Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 20 Apr. 2026
Murgo alleged that both individuals gave police phony names and birthdays.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2026
Marcelin also stuffed part of the victim’s left leg into his electric wheelchair and went shopping before disposing of the limb, prosecutors allege.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2026
The federal education department’s Student Privacy Policy Office (SPPO) and Office for Civil Rights (OCR) began investigating the school districts last fall after the Defense of Freedom Institute filed a complaint, alleging violations.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 19 Apr. 2026
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Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 20 Apr. 2026
Murgo alleged that both individuals gave police phony names and birthdays.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2026
Marcelin also stuffed part of the victim’s left leg into his electric wheelchair and went shopping before disposing of the limb, prosecutors allege.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2026
The federal education department’s Student Privacy Policy Office (SPPO) and Office for Civil Rights (OCR) began investigating the school districts last fall after the Defense of Freedom Institute filed a complaint, alleging violations.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 19 Apr. 2026
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Yet to a man, those who endured last season and remained insist this has been better, even as the standings tell an all-too-familiar story.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2026
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Israeli forces have continued strikes on Hezbollah as Iran insists a broader ceasefire includes an end to Israeli strikes in Lebanon.—
Dalia Abdelwahab,
CNN Money,
11 Apr. 2026
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Taiwan is self-ruled but China claims the island as part of its territory.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Iran's semiofficial Tasnim news agency, close to the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, claimed that the talks set for Saturday would not happen unless Israel stopped its attacks in Lebanon.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Apr. 2026
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The intimate High Tea will feature a forum-style discussion with Emmy-contending female directors whose creative vision is shaping the current and future TV landscape.—
William Earl,
Variety,
21 Apr. 2026
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Critics contend prediction markets are circumventing states’ sports betting laws and operating in places that have banned the practice.—
Lisa Hagen,
Hartford Courant,
21 Apr. 2026
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Some young men, eager to assert their Americanness, answered yes to both questions and volunteered for military service; members of the all-Japanese 442nd Regimental Combat Team quickly became war heroes.—
Hua Hsu,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Rather than opening the Strait of Hormuz, the critical commercial waterway that before the war carried 20% of the world’s oil, both sides have sought to assert more control over the area.—
Justin Fishel,
ABC News,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Allege.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allege. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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