disavow
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The press corps wants me to disavow Mr. Druckenmiller, though his views on financial markets have been formed by decades of experience.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Asked by CNN’s Kaitlan Collins about her Nov. 16, 2020, call to “cancel Thanksgiving,” Hong passed up the chance to disavow the tweet and instead talked about how she cooked a Thanksgiving meal at 16.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026
Despite the heat, El-Sayed refused to disavow Piker.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026
Nobody is asking anybody to disavow their beliefs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026
To disavow their faith, the Mexica say, would tear apart their lives.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Lyrically, Charli disavows cigarettes and writes sincere apologies for her past mistakes.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
The Chabad movement disavows any teaching that Schneerson is the messiah.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
To be clear, 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
Which isn’t to say he disavows the importance of “3 Nights.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2023
The name furnishes no very precise clue to the conclusion it designates, and it has no reference to the federative form of State, for which Marlo expressly disavows having any partiality.
From Contemporary Socialism by John Rae
Davis has since disavowed some of his comments, but a judge ruled them admissible in court.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Bessent quickly disavowed the idea, but Trump last summer told allies he liked the concept of announcing a successor early.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
He later defended his comments and said that he had been using hyperbole to make a point, adding that he disavowed racists and that media reports had ignored the context of his comments.
From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2026
In both cases the comments were immediately disavowed by the White House.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2025
Stone himself eventually disavowed the technique as a useful therapy.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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
The defense had many lines of attack available Thursday: Blanche pressed Cohen about disavowing his 2018 guilty pleas for personal financial crimes and tax evasion related to the hush-money payoff.
From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2024
“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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