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disavow

[dis-uh-vau] / ˌdɪs əˈvaʊ /


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I mean, Hasan, every podcast or debate I go into over the past few months, people try to grill me on you, and they’re like, “Do you disavow Hasan Piker?”

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

McClain Delaney said that her decision to disavow the vote came after receiving thousands of messages from constituents raising concerns about the administration’s immigration policies and also asking for help from their local representative.

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026

Despite the heat, El-Sayed refused to disavow Piker.

From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026

Paul opened the hearing by confronting Mullin about those remarks and asking him to disavow them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

“We were wondering, after the end of An Imperial Affliction—’ “I disavow everything in that putrid novel,” Van Houten said, cutting me off.

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green

The Peltola campaign said she isn’t concerned with who else is on the ballot and disavows any involvement in Dan J.’s campaign.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Lyrically, Charli disavows cigarettes and writes sincere apologies for her past mistakes.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

Radan disavows any support for slavery or for any moral argument defending it, arguing for a sharp distinction between those questions and the legal, constitutional argument he advances.

From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2023

He also disavows the notion that he is associated with the militia, repeatedly joking he wouldn’t qualify because he has been known to shave his legs, a habit he picked up from triathlons.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2022

And he emphatically disavows any "morbid inferences" from his doctrine as "damnable."

From A Problem in Modern Ethics being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion, addressed especially to Medical Psychologists and Jurists by John Addington Symonds

It disavowed diversity efforts to win the FCC’s blessing but now is facing calls in California to embrace such commitments.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

Auden disavowed his poem “Spain 1937” as immature and “dishonest.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

In 2013 the LDS "disavowed" those teachings, and now believes "everyone is an equal child of God regardless of race".

From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2025

In both cases the comments were immediately disavowed by the White House.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2025

He disavowed nothing: he seemed as if he would defy all things.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

Nothing here binds a future administration, and courts almost never stop the government from disavowing promises its officials had no authority to make.

From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026

Mr. Steiner was put in the awkward position of disavowing his own private journal’s description of events.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026

She resists the idea of entirely disavowing the life she led with her ex-husband.

From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026

Venues began disavowing Rawayana, which was forced to cancel its tour.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2025

“Oh, no,” we said, disavowing her entirely, as any sensible person would.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson


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