disbelieve
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"Jurors may disbelieve one victim, but it's really hard for them to disbelieve many," he explained.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 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
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
Mariam came to disbelieve this part of the story as well.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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
Whether one believes or disbelieves the allegations, the individuals’ reactions were opposite.
From Washington Post ● May 5, 2020
If he simply disbelieves, or dissents, he is assenting to the contradictory of the thesis, viz. that there is no Revelation.
From An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent by John Henry Newman
When she did, she was maliciously disbelieved and ridiculed by the likes of Drake and 50 Cent.
From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2026
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
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
He laughs in disbelieving joy at his opponent's shot-making.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2026
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
I test the weight of it in my hands, disbelieving, and then toss it down and hop on it.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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