as in indicting
to make a claim of wrongdoing against
she was accused of lying on the employment application
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Recent Examples of accusing
Musk is accusing ChatGPT’s parent company, OpenAI, and its leaders — CEO Sam Altman and president Greg Brockman — of misleading him and abandoning the company’s original nonprofit mission.
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Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2026
Citizens for Positive Growth & Preservation since 2015 has filed three lawsuits against the city accusing Sacramento officials of violating CEQA.
—Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2026
According to the Daily Mail, police are investigating the incident after Ana filed a formal complaint accusing the organizers of the group trip of negligence.
—Adam England, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
In adversarial testimony, Ashley, 29, repeatedly sparred with Deputy Prosecutor Maureen Koonce, accusing her of repeating questions or asking for irrelevant details.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
Trump has repeatedly maligned Haitian immigrants, including falsely accusing Haitians living in Ohio of eating people’s pets.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
Despite this, the cargo continued to reach Israeli ports and enter commercial circulation, the ministry said, accusing Israel of failing to respond to formal requests to detain the vessels and cargo.
—Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Hospital CEOs came under fire at a House hearing Tuesday, with Republicans accusing them of overcharging patients and exploiting the system.
—Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 28 Apr. 2026
What happened The Justice Department on Tuesday charged the Southern Poverty Law Center with financial crimes, accusing the civil rights organization of secretly paying informants in the Ku Klux Klan and other white supremacist groups without telling its donors.
—Peter Weber, TheWeek, 22 Apr. 2026
Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2026
Citizens for Positive Growth & Preservation since 2015 has filed three lawsuits against the city accusing Sacramento officials of violating CEQA.
—Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2026
According to the Daily Mail, police are investigating the incident after Ana filed a formal complaint accusing the organizers of the group trip of negligence.
—Adam England, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
In adversarial testimony, Ashley, 29, repeatedly sparred with Deputy Prosecutor Maureen Koonce, accusing her of repeating questions or asking for irrelevant details.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
Trump has repeatedly maligned Haitian immigrants, including falsely accusing Haitians living in Ohio of eating people’s pets.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
Despite this, the cargo continued to reach Israeli ports and enter commercial circulation, the ministry said, accusing Israel of failing to respond to formal requests to detain the vessels and cargo.
—Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Hospital CEOs came under fire at a House hearing Tuesday, with Republicans accusing them of overcharging patients and exploiting the system.
—Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 28 Apr. 2026
What happened The Justice Department on Tuesday charged the Southern Poverty Law Center with financial crimes, accusing the civil rights organization of secretly paying informants in the Ku Klux Klan and other white supremacist groups without telling its donors.
—Peter Weber, TheWeek, 22 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for accusing
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Gerbasi said potential attorneys for the DOJ's Criminal Division might be worried they could be asked to do something unethical, such as indicting someone without sufficient evidence.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2026
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The central and longest section presents the Guru’s grievances against Aurangzeb in the style of a Sufi pir (spiritual guide) addressing a deviant murid (disciple), indicting the emperor for violating the oath and sanctioning the murder of Gobind Singh’s sons.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
9 Apr. 2026
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But Emirati officials had threatened for years to leave, blaming Opec’s production quotas for unfairly curtailing its oil exports.—
Harriet Marsden,
TheWeek,
30 Apr. 2026
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In 2013, Hall tried (and failed) to replicate the previous magic and his show was cancelled after one season, many blaming tougher competition than before.—
Rick Kogan,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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The fifth-year rate is about $10 less per call than what QuadCom is charging in its 2026-27 budget year, Stewart said.—
Gloria Casas,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Apr. 2026
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Battery and charging capabilities further strengthen the 06T’s appeal.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Apr. 2026
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