recant
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Will Recant, chair of the Jewish Coalition for Disaster Relief, will discuss the coalition’s programs to assist Syrian refugees.
From Washington Post • May 5, 2017
The Innocence Project accused Jackson of hiding a handwritten letter written by Webb in 2000 that was titled “Motion to Recant Testimony.”
From The Guardian • Aug. 4, 2014
The Innocence Project accused Jackson of hiding a handwritten letter written by Webb in 2000 that was titled "Motion to Recant Testimony."
From Seattle Times • Aug. 4, 2014
Mr. Levine did not immediately give the apology Judge Recant was requesting, and she sentenced him to 10 days in jail, though the sentence was later overturned.
From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2011
The monks and friars of the different monasteries, who were all there assembled around, took up the word, and bitterly taunting him, cried likewise, "Recant, recant and save thyself!"
From Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters by Galt, John
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