disbelieve
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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 could not believe this strange story, and yet I could not disbelieve Samuel.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
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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
Whether one believes or disbelieves the allegations, the individuals’ reactions were opposite.
From Washington Post ● May 5, 2020
One can't tell why one believes certain things and disbelieves others.
From Notwithstanding by Mary Cholmondeley
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
If they had disbelieved the very first word of it, or the very first sentence of it, it wouldn't have gone anywhere.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2023
Yet, 16 of the 17 people who reported brain fog in our study described feeling disbelieved.
From Scientific American ● May 12, 2023
Almost instinctively he went about learning the truth and at the same time disbelieved it.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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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
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
As he danced across home plate into the arms of bouncing, disbelieving Dodgers Friday night, the magnitude of his accomplishment was evident in the condition of his uniform.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 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
“No one could be alive that far up,” he cried, disbelieving that anyone could’ve come from that close to the mountain.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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