disbelieve
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"That you can drop a person in the sea with a life jacket in a war zone was something people automatically chose to disbelieve," Mr Gonsalves said.
From BBC • Aug. 28, 2025
Few of the now grown-up McMartin children have spoken publicly, but some have described the pressure to fabricate stories or disbelieve innocent memories in favor of traumatic ones.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2024
It's not that they disbelieve Ford, so much as they don't think she had a right to say anything about it.
From Salon • May 9, 2023
Mr. Johnston said, “You cannot disbelieve the resurrection based on the historical accounts that we have. It is so well attested.”
From Washington Times • Apr. 6, 2023
But there will be many who disbelieve the following episode.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
Vocabulary lists containing disbelieve
Selection Vocabulary 2, Unit 2
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