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No doubt the TikTok amateur detectives would’ve momentarily shifted from true crime to the Chaplin twins, trying their damnedest to debunk what only the sisters could truly understand.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

Bass has naturally tried to debunk the poll.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Engineers said they were able to debunk some "myths", including that bullets can ricochet off the curve in the ballistic plate.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

Researchers found that when large language models, like ChatGPT or Claude, are instructed to debunk conspiracy theories, they often successfully change people’s minds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026

Yet when language scholars try to debunk the spurious rules, the dichotomizing mindset imagines that they are trying to abolish all standards of good writing.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

AFP's global network has produced more than 500 debunks of false information in multiple languages since the conflict began -- a rate never before seen in such a crisis.

From Barron's ● Apr. 2, 2026

“The film itself debunks any attempts to debunk it.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026

Liz O'Riordan, who herself has breast cancer, often debunks health misinformation online.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2025

McSweeney debunks the idiotic medical claims of non-scientists like Kennedy in his popular social media videos.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2025

The text of these articles often debunks the talking point by pointing out that Musk's numbers are made up, but most people don't read articles.

From Salon ● Feb. 24, 2025

"The claim that working in partnership with Manchester City's owners has not been a good deal for the council or the city has been debunked repeatedly," the authority said.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Similar posts debunked by AFP misrepresented a fire started by angry protesters in South Sulawesi province last year as a recent blaze at the parliament building.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

By his own account, Piker is now preparing a defamation suit against Jennings and Salem Media, and possibly Fox News, which cited the same debunked compilation.

From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026

Over the years, Bullock and Randall debunked rumors about their engagement and marriage numerous times.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

Every medium so studied has been debunked, if not in the sessions, then by materials, photos, or interviews after the fact.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

An American former newspaper columnist took to his Substack page to attempt a debunking, which offered a coherent if implausible theory of why Europe isn’t all that bad and America isn’t all that great.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

If every event is met with automatic suspicion and conspiracy theory, we’ll spend all our time debunking nonsense, and nothing will ever get better.

From Slate ● Feb. 27, 2026

There is simply too much gaslighting going on to spend adequate time debunking everything.

From Salon ● Dec. 26, 2025

Internet users are increasingly turning to chatbots to verify images in real time, but the tools often fail, raising questions about their visual debunking capabilities.

From Barron's ● Dec. 16, 2025

Its place in the canons of poetics and rhetoric, moreover, has largely survived the personal debunking of its author.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith