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- noun Plural form of
allegation .
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Examples
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At a news conference Monday, Ryan reiterated the denial he made in his initial legal response to the charges by TV actress Jeri Lynn Ryan, in which he called the allegations “ridiculous” and “smut” and insisted he was “faithful and loyal to my wife throughout our marriage.”
Think Progress » BOOK EXCERPT: Rove Demands ‘Just Get Me A F—ing Faith-Based Thing. Got it?’ 2006
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Coega Development Corporation (CDC) chairman Moss Ngoasheng has rebuffed what he calls allegations by the watchdog Public Service
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Mitchell's previous wife, Debbie, told the court about what he called allegations of "sexual impropriety."
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Among the most gruesome allegations is that some of the soldiers kept fingers from the bodies of Afghans they killed as war trophies.
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The party and President Obama have also seized on allegations from a liberal think tank that money from overseas chamber affiliates may be polluting the U.S. election process - a charge the business group adamantly denies.
Chamber and Democrats battle over the midterms and election spending Dan Eggen 2010
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That Bernstein and the rest reject open and clear evidence in favor of an endless repetition of false allegations is only what can be expected.
Wonk Room » New Israeli PR Offensive Targets Human Rights NGOs 2009
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The standard practice for a detective who discovers such a writing in the course of investigating child sexual abuse allegations is to seize it and preserve it as evidence.
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Among the most gruesome allegations is that some of the soldiers kept fingers from the bodies of Afghans they killed as war trophies.
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He called the allegations "unfounded" and told The Wall Street Journal that the "procedures have been used for exclusively political ends."
Inquiry Is Ordered on New IMF Chief William Horobin 2011
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They dismissed allegations from a Pakistani man legally living in the United States that Ashcroft should be held responsible for his detainment after the terrorism attacks, when he says he was beaten and held in solitary confinement for five months without being charged.
Supreme Court to decide whether Ashcroft can be sued by detained citizen Robert Barnes 2010
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