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disbelieve

[dis-bi-leev] / ˌdɪs bɪˈliv /


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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

"What's alarming is that these recordings could also create an environment where many disbelieve even real recordings," says Mohamed Suliman, a researcher at Northeastern University's Civic AI Lab.

From BBC Oct. 4, 2023

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

I myself did not know how I could have produced so beautiful a child, and I was proud of her and glad, even when people pretended to disbelieve that I could be her mother.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

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

Categorizing the claims that have been made as “distorted, and in many cases false” creates a company atmosphere that disbelieves victims.

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

"First he disbelieves everything, but once he is convinced, he swallows all he is told."

From Tahara Among African Tribes by Harold M. Sherman

When she did, she was maliciously disbelieved and ridiculed by the likes of Drake and 50 Cent.

From Salon Apr. 30, 2026

Hanna has sometimes worried that if she put it all out there, she would be disbelieved.

From New York Times Apr. 23, 2024

One friend said Grace felt disbelieved throughout the court proceedings and "her soul just completely disappeared".

From BBC Sep. 3, 2023

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

They resembled each other in their dread of conflict, and the regularity of his evening calls, however much she disbelieved them, was a comfort to them both.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

With this bizarre turn, Mr. Noonan renders the character such a pathetic figure that the remainder of the show leaves us disengaged—and disbelieving.

From The Wall Street Journal May 14, 2026

Sheen’s remarkable performance dominates this compelling three-part Amazon film, A Very Royal Scandal, as he captures a prince angry and disbelieving at his collapsing status.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2024

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

Forty-six percent cite disbelieving in God as a top reason.

From Seattle Times Oct. 4, 2023

I looked over at Rosaleen, who sat there shaking her head, mumbling, “Lord have mercy,” just looking so disbelieving and happy, like people on television when they answered the $64,000 Question.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd




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