disprove

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Third, by demanding that plaintiffs disentangle race from politics, the court asks them to disprove the very structural reality that social network discrimination reveals.

From Slate • May 22, 2026

One historian on the Bergier Commission was permitted, briefly, to look at some of the Mengele files in 1999, and concluded that it was impossible to prove or disprove his presence on Swiss territory.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Private-credit managers are trying to disprove a negative—and it has created the biggest upheaval for the $1 trillion market since it came on the scene after the financial crisis.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

“We see this cyclical caution from investors as prudent given past memory bust cycles, and acknowledge that the bear case is difficult to disprove in the near-term,” Weathers writes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

And as there was no way to disprove these rumors they grew marvelous and very real.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers