disprove

Example Sentences

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Braun argued that the portrayal of his client drinking and racing wasn’t supported by the facts and that there was no evidence to disprove his client’s testimony that he was traveling at 55 mph.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

“We see this cyclical caution from investors as prudent given past memory bust cycles, and acknowledge that the bear case is difficult to disprove in the near-term,” Weathers writes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

He added that software companies right now have no way to disprove the thesis of disruption because that thesis is that the disruption will come in a few years, rather than now.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026

FBI data alone cannot prove or disprove the claim that crime is at a 125-year low because, as he points out, it only started publishing statistics in 1930, and only consistently after 1960.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026

In most adversarial situations, to prove your own case is to disprove your opponent’s—though rhetoric being as slippery as it is, the task is seldom precisely symmetrical.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith