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But, when it comes to the specific case of demanding the Lincoln Fighting Zebras to take down team photos at their beloved drive-through, the public response could be net negative for the brand, he continued.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

Six tested positive for measles; four were negative.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

In fact, November through April has delivered a negative return 25% of the time, most recently in 2024 and 2019.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

Around town, lined with winding streets and tan-colored stone cottages, locals speak highly of the American servicemen and women, even if their commander in chief gets negative reviews from some.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

I mean she was very negative about the whole thing, shaking her head from side to side; she did not approve of the use of nuclear tactical weapons at all.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen

It’s not necessarily only negatives driving yields higher.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026

The main negatives are its manganese business, which posts a 3% miss on Ebitda, and Brazil Alumina, where Ebitda falls 33% short, the bank says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Zuckerberg's recent essay doesn't name names - but the Meta boss mimics Andreessen by questioning those who have warned about the negatives of future tech.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

That question is at the center of a new paper published in Nature Astronomy, where researchers examine the often-overlooked problem of "false negatives" in the search for extraterrestrial life.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 30, 2026

Some similar words without opposite versions may look like negatives, but they aren’t.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

Referring to Erskine May, Parliament's ancient and respected rule book, he said MPs should never be asked to vote again on the same proposition if they had already "negatived" it during the current Parliamentary session.

From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2019

With gentle but resolute firmness, His Majesty negatived this proposal, hailed a passing motorist who, overwhelmed, obeyed with alacrity a royal command that he convey Miss Betts to her residence in Uxbridge.

From Time Magazine Archive

Miss Bingley moved with alacrity to the pianoforte, and after a polite request that Elizabeth would lead the way, which the other as politely and more earnestly negatived, she seated herself.

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

This position is in no wise negatived by the fact of the Buddhist priesthood of India, or of a class of philosophical atheists in any other country.

From Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation by Jesse H. Jones

Bayard interrupted him with a motion to adjourn, which was negatived by 4 to 35.

From The Life of Lyman Trumbull by Horace White

But Mr. Falkirk had reasons of his own for negativing that plan, and negatived it accordingly.

From Wych Hazel by Susan Warner

She looked down, and shook her head, as if negativing his proposal with obstinate decision.

From Peveril of the Peak by Sir Walter Scott

Surely, too, the accidental element may play its part in Nature without negativing design in the theists view.

From Evolution and Ethics by Thomas Henry Huxley

The old question, “Who shall stand in the Holy Place?” is not answered in the gospel by reducing the conditions, or negativing the old reply.

From The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon by Alexander Maclaren

Now if we are convinced that evil in ourselves has no power unless we give it power, that is the first step toward making our efforts positive and so negativing the evil.

From Nerves and Common Sense by Annie Payson Call