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
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
Many people do disbelieve the very first approach by a scammer or a con artist.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 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 do not say that I disbelieve you, Monsieur,” said Poirot slowly.
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
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
A violent anti-church biography of Penry, whose share in the Marprelate Controversy Mr. Waddington disbelieves on very insufficient grounds.
From Notes and Queries, Number 235, April 29, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various
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
Over decades, it became a widely known, and widely disbelieved, tale in Inwood saloons and among Donohue’s fellow sandhogs, the urban miners who dig train and water tunnels deep in the city’s bedrock.
From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2022
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
He wanted his “famous sister” to say hi to his disbelieving client.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
He laughs in disbelieving joy at his opponent's shot-making.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2026
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
She’d catch his eye and they’d laugh, surprised, disbelieving, that this was happening.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
Vocabulary lists containing disbelieve
Selection Vocabulary 2, Unit 2
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