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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a statement that accused" is not correct in English.
It should be "a statement that accuses" to be grammatically accurate. You can use it when referring to a statement that makes an accusation against someone or something.
Example: "The report included a statement that accuses the company of unethical practices."
Alternatives: "a statement that alleges" or "a statement that claims".
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The announcement of Tomlinson's death was delayed by three hours, then confirmed in a statement that accused protesters of hampering police efforts to save his life, a claim that appears to have no factual basis and for which police declined to name their source.
Speaker John A. Boehner joined in with a statement that accused Democrats of lacking a fiscal plan.
The South Carolina Republican Party responded today with a statement that accused Mr. Hollings of attacking Mr. Thurmond in "an unbelievable display of disrespect, bad manners and ugliness".
Jake Sullivan, Mrs. Clinton's senior policy adviser, issued a statement that accused Mr. Trump of lying about his real intentions in Cuba.
Rather than answer any of The Sentinel's questions about that, Baez played the race card, issuing a statement that accused the newspaper of "discrimination against a young, hard-working Hispanic lawyer".
Transocean was immediately on the attack, issuing a statement that accused BP of producing a "self-serving report that attempts to conceal the critical factor that set the stage for the Macondo incident: BP's fatally flawed well design.
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In turn, Smith issued statements that accused critics of distorting the legislation's intent for political purposes.
On Tuesday, Clint Williamson — an American diplomat appointed EU prosecutor in 2011 to investigate crimes against humanity in Kosovo — released a scathing statement that accused the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) of murdering a handful of people and then trafficking their kidneys, livers, and other body parts.
The Vietnamese embassy issued a rare statement that accused him of using racially charged rhetoric to score political points.That is even more a shame for the fact that he probably didn't need it.
UPDATED 16 June, 1 40 p.m.: On the eve of Tuesday's debate, the government of Equatorial Guinea issued a statement (in Spanish) that accused critics of the prize of displaying "a hidden racist, arrogant, and neocolonial attitude" that seeks "to relegate an African country to an inferior status".
The Occupy Oakland Media Committee issued a statement on Sunday that accused officers of violating the Police Department's code of conduct for dealing with protesters and said the mass arrests were illegal.
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