as in accusation
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Three top aides were ousted about a week ago over accusations of leaking, and then the chief of staff whom the other aides accused of conspiring against them was moved out of his role, before getting ousted, too.—
The Editors,
National Review,
28 Apr. 2025 -
Porsha Williams’ birthday trip ended with a shocking accusation on the April 27 episode of The Real Housewives of Atlanta.—
Liza Esquibias,
People.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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When contacted about the allegations and their connections to White Parties, lawyers for Combs did not offer a response.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
21 Apr. 2025
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Only in recent years did the allegations gather the heft and momentum that culminated in multiple convictions.—
Isabella Gomez Sarmiento,
NPR,
20 Apr. 2025
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The latest attack sparked outrage and drew international condemnation, including from U.S. President Donald Trump.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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The time for condemnation is over, Denmark's representative, Christina Markus Lassen, said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 Apr. 2025
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Federal prosecutors also appeared to reveal today that Combs had rejected an apparent plea deal.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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As per the documents, judge Sarah Willis ruled on the plea bargain deal Wednesday.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
25 Apr. 2025
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This one is both meaner-spirited and clumsier, as Brooker grafts his prank call coming from inside the house onto a denunciation of one of the planet’s profoundest manmade evils: the health-care industry.—
Charles Bramesco,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2025
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The National Museum of African American History and Culture—which, until recently, was run by The New Yorker’s poetry editor, Kevin Young—comes in for particularly splenetic denunciation.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2025
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Similarly, in the legal profession, lawyers who violate state bar codes of conduct are subject to discipline, such as censure, suspension, or loss of license to practice law.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Mar. 2025
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Representative Lauren Boebert has criticized her colleague Representative Chrissy Houlahan, the Pennsylvania Democrat who introduced a motion of censure against the Colorado Republican on Monday.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
12 Mar. 2025
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Another pillar of Google's opposition will be the privacy and security implications of the DOJ's demand for data sharing.—
Ryan Whitwam,
ArsTechnica,
21 Apr. 2025
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For millennials, many of whom came of age during the Great Recession and are now contending with high interest rates and housing shortages, that lopsided ownership has real implications.—
Ilona Limonta-Volkova,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Countercharge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/countercharge. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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