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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 alleged
David Gilbert, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2024
One day after the alleged incident, Lewber attended a New Year’s Eve with Windsor Celebration event on Dec. 11.
—Joelle Goldstein, People.com, 14 Dec. 2024
Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
In October, Albertsons agreed to pay nearly $4 million to settle a civil law enforcement complaint that alleged the company overcharged customers for groceries and lied about the weight of some products.
—Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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Another popular theory relates to the number 286 and its multiple links to the alleged shooter.
—David Gilbert, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2024
One day after the alleged incident, Lewber attended a New Year’s Eve with Windsor Celebration event on Dec. 11.
—Joelle Goldstein, People.com, 14 Dec. 2024
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In its lawsuit filed in February, the FTC alleged that a lack of competition would lead to higher grocery prices, reduce food quality and customer service and harm grocery workers who are pushing for better working conditions and wages.
—Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
In October, Albertsons agreed to pay nearly $4 million to settle a civil law enforcement complaint that alleged the company overcharged customers for groceries and lied about the weight of some products.
—Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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Rivers insisted Monday that there are different ways of convincing a team its record is not reflective of its abilities.Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
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In the House, a majority of Democrats voted against the bill after House Speaker Mike Johnson insisted on adding the provision to ban transgender medical care for children.CBS News, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2024
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But in her mad dash to find her supposed soulmate, Delphie learns a valuable lesson about the difference between existing and truly living.Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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The salary range in the supposed listing also falls far below Thompson’s compensation.BrieAnna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
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Third Down Conversions Another area where the first-round winners asserted their dominance was on third-down conversions.Giovanni Malloy, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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As part of its motion, the government asserted that if the Court did not grant the stay by December 12 or 13, the government would ask for the same relief in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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While the exact rules of the Game of 20 generally remain unknown, researchers have previously proposed some hypothetical rules for one variant—the Ur game.Newsweek, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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Another breed of hypothetical particle, axions are predicted to exist by quantum chromodynamics, which is our best quantum theory of the strong force that binds quarks together to form protons, neutrons and ultimately atomic nuclei.Keith Cooper, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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The Teamsters have contended before the National Labor Relations Board that the drivers, who are easily identifiable by their distinctive gray-blue Amazon uniforms and matching vans, should be considered direct employees of the company.Jack Kelly, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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In advance of his trial, Girardi’s defense attorneys had contended that their client was mentally incompetent and suffered from a form of dementia.Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
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And the exploitation of the total resource, including unproved but technically recoverable resources, is fairly low, less than 2% per year.Michael Lynch, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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During the 2020 wildfires in Oregon, for example, armed men hampered firefighting, fueled by unproved rumors that antifa had set the fires.Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Oct. 2024
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Some Arctic scientists and experts have criticized Real Ice’s methods as unproven at scale, ecologically risky and a distraction from tackling the root cause of climate change: fossil fuels.Laura Paddison, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024
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Colavito returned to Cleveland in 1965 in a three-team deal (which cost the Indians a young, unproven pitcher named Tommy John, who ultimately won 288 games, as well as Tommie Agee, who won the AL Rookie of the Year award the next year).Zack Meisel, The Athletic, 11 Dec. 2024
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Cox had a reputation for yelling slurs at girls out of the window of his Chevy, an unsavory fact that ballooned into motive in speculative conversations.Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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These developments will likely work to mitigate risks of investing in a speculative asset, inviting more players into the market - and this is already happening.Trefis Team, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Alleged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alleged. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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