denied
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Knight, Robert Sherrill, the Washington correspondent for The Nation, was – after holding press passes over several years – denied a press pass because the Secret Service advised he should not be given one.
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026
Sam Blom-Cooper, a barrister for Brown, told the court his client denied the allegations and was intent on going in front of a jury to clear the "stains of these appalling allegations."
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
In a 15-minute address, Pezeshkian denied that the nation seeks nuclear weapons and called the attacks “a grave betrayal of diplomacy and subversion of efforts towards the establishment of stability and peace.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Peters, via attorney Steve Kramer, denied the allegations at the time of the lawsuit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
The word that captured the essence of the Virginians’ political mentality was consolidation, as in “the dreaded consolidation that was denied by the friends of the new government, when it was under consideration.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
