It is difficult to prove the veracity

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I am wondering if my sentence sounds natural.

It is difficult to prove the veracity of the accusations levelled against the President.
 

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It's fine. For information, the BrE spelling would be "leveled".
 

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It's fine. For information, the BrE spelling would be "leveled".

That's also the American spelling. I thought the British version would double the L.
 

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My Longman dictionary uses two "l" for the British spelling and one for the American.
 

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How odd. For some reason, it's always been in my brain as an exception to the usual rule. If I see "traveled", for example, I know it's AmE, but I've always used "leveled" and thought it was an anomaly.
 
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