How to Use alleged in a Sentence

alleged

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  • The first of the alleged overt acts was in February 2019.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2024
  • And the alleged İnce deepfake was not the only one out there.
    — David Meyer, Fortune, 15 May 2023
  • The alleged intruder — who is not named in the memo — hadn’t lived there for about five years.
    — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The alleged victim in that case was not Michelle Duncan.
    — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 5 June 2023
  • The pair's children were in the car during the alleged incident.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 12 Oct. 2023
  • And it was taken at least a year after the alleged murder.
    — Maureen Maher, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2023
  • But her alleged ruse failed, and the 29-year-old was arrested.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Such is the case in this Normand joke about Joe Biden’s alleged habit of sniffing young girls’ hair.
    — Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 7 June 2024
  • In the affidavit, police cite a video posted on YouTube by Justin Mohn, the son of the victim and alleged killer.
    — Cnn.com, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The hip-hop artist is seeking billions of dollars in damages over the alleged breach.
    — Bychristiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 1 June 2023
  • What does this have to do with Paxton's alleged affair?
    — Caroline Linton, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The complaint did not detail how the alleged theft happen.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 26 May 2023
  • Now, more claims about the alleged parties have come to light, including the lengths that Combs' team went in planning them.
    — Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 18 Sep. 2024
  • But the alleged source of the blaze has sparked outrage: county government.
    — The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Suggs was ordered to have no contact with the alleged victim and not to possess guns.
    — Erick Mendoza, NBC News, 11 Apr. 2024
  • But a broader focus of appeals has been on alleged racial bias.
    — Jim Salter, ajc, 29 Nov. 2022
  • The Star has not reported the name of the alleged godmother, since she has not been arrested or charged as of June 28.
    — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 29 June 2024
  • The Kansas City Fire Department, which also responded to the scene of the alleged crime, declared the baby dead at the scene.
    — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Any alleged violations would first have to be proven, and the FTC would need to decide whether to enforce, said Vladeck.
    — Brian Fung, CNN, 11 Nov. 2022
  • No charges were ever brought against Carter over the alleged incident.
    — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The alleged victim did not respond to requests for comment.
    — Beth Reinhard, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2023
  • The case was dismissed the following month, with court records showing the alleged victim failed to appear.
    — Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 10 Sep. 2024
  • The alleged victim met Combs in late 1999 through her then-boyfriend, who was an executive at Bad Boy Records.
    — Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Here’s what the science says about poinsettias and their alleged perils.
    — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 13 Dec. 2023
  • All that effort and creativity, but the alleged smugglers did not get away with it this time.
    — Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Police said the alleged threat was made on social media, but didn’t details its specifics.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Stops for broken lights and searches based on the alleged smell of marijuana are banned.
    — Steve Karnowski, ajc, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Chemirmir was not tried in the other alleged murder cases.
    — Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The alleged incident in Pleasant Hill last week marks the third time charges relating to a bank robbery have been brought against Gooch.
    — Chloe Taylor, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2023
  • The department also launched an election threats task force in 2021 to assess alleged threats against election workers.
    — Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025

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