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He said he believed the boy was genuinely concerned about the knife, and agreed he had "no reason to disbelieve him".

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2025

But the contradictions did not cause jurors to disbelieve her, said Harry MacLean, who wrote about the case in the book “Once Upon a Time: A True Story of Memory, Murder and the Law.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2024

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

“It’s a tour de force. I see no reason to disbelieve it.”

From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2023

I did not disbelieve it, actually, but simply thought it was something perhaps only old people could know, a code I did not understand yet.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen

Anyone who claims not to understand the concept of the poverty-to-prison pipeline or disbelieves the word of the wrongfully convicted cannot watch this show and still legitimately hold on to that illusion.

From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2022

"Categorising the claims that have been made as 'distorted, and in many cases false' creates a company atmosphere that disbelieves victims," it reads.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2021

In their letter, which can be read below, the employees say that response “creates a company atmosphere that disbelieves victims,” and they call for “immediate corrections” from the company’s top leaders.

From The Verge ● Jul. 26, 2021

It is a shame that Mr Davenport–Hines dismisses stories he disbelieves, about other moles, sexual foibles and bureaucratic mishaps, as “delusions”, “nasty inventions” and “silly fancies”.

From Economist ● Feb. 8, 2018

If a man disbelieves that King Arthur, or Romulus, or even Alexander the Great, or Julius Caesar ever existed, does it affect his welfare now or hereafter?

From The Two Tests: The Supernatural Claims of Christianity Tried by Two of its Own Rules by Lionel Lisle

"We want to avoid situations where victims feel like they're maybe not being taken seriously, or heaven forbid, being disbelieved," says Cdr Southworth.

From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2025

In these incidents and others, the women against whom C.K. committed his offenses were either disbelieved or encouraged to keep their stories to themselves.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2024

The women were determined to speak up together, rather than be silenced and disbelieved, said another plaintiff, Cherryl Jackson-Williams.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 10, 2023

Yet, 16 of the 17 people who reported brain fog in our study described feeling disbelieved.

From Scientific American ● May 12, 2023

Anaxagoras believed in a special mind substance and disbelieved in the existence of atoms.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

The other disbelieving intellectuals continued to write and publish but seemed to make less news by their pronouncements.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025

From across the coffee table, their eyes widened, and their mouths skewed into disbelieving shapes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2025

They look disbelieving but I walk with them to Plankinton and show them an address on a seemingly abandoned building and explain the numbering system again.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2024

“It’s different,” Mariners manager Scott Servais said with a disbelieving laugh.

From Seattle Times ● May 30, 2024

Torak threw her a disbelieving look and started stamping out the fire.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver