as in accusation
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Noun
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De Vido was at the center of his own set of corruption scandals, including accusations of having received $25 million in bribes from giant Brazilian construction company Odebrecht.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
21 Mar. 2025 -
Netanyahu has dismissed the accusation as a politically motivated attempt to unseat him, but his critics have accused him of undermining the institutions underpinning Israel's democracy by seeking Bar's removal.—
Reuters,
USA TODAY,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Police told the outlet that Victoria has denied the allegations.—
Diane J. Cho,
People.com,
15 Mar. 2025
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Horner was eventually cleared of any wrongdoing and repeatedly denied the allegations.—
Ben Morse,
CNN,
14 Mar. 2025
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As news of the article's removal drew widespread condemnation on social media, Ullyot released a statement attempting to explain the administration's rationale.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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Mahmoud Khalil's detention by ICE agents supervised by the White House has drawn widespread condemnation from civil rights and legal advocacy groups.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA TODAY,
18 Mar. 2025
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And the fourth is technology, not just the implications of AI, but quantum computing, synthetic biology, other emerging technologies on foreign policy, national security and international economics.—
Edward Felsenthal,
TIME,
16 Mar. 2025
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The problem has wide implications: Properties that are dramatically underassessed unfairly spread the tax burden onto everyone else.—
A.D. Quig,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Mar. 2025
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Under the plea agreement, prosecutors will ask that Smallwood be sentenced to 19 years in prison.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
20 Mar. 2025
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Peña's defense attorneys told jurors that prosecutors were relying on the testimony of the two men responsible, who had accepted plea agreements in return for lesser sentences.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Cuban independent media have provided the type of watchdog journalism that state outlets are forbidden to do, often forcing the government to respond to denunciations first covered in their reporting.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
28 Feb. 2025
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Its political figures — particularly Gov. Gavin Newsom, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and U.S. Senator-elect Adam Schiff — have sought and achieved notoriety for their public denunciations of Trump.—
Dan Walters,
The Mercury News,
8 Nov. 2024
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