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rebut

[ri-buht] / rɪˈbʌt /


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"He was, in fact, following Saudi Arabia's instructions when assisting the hijackers," said Simpson, and that these were points that Saudi Arabia had "failed to rebut."

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Bond analysts used colorful language to rebut Warsh’s assertion.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026

"We view it both important and with precedent to rebut an incorrect scientific claim made in the DOE report," said Prof Santer, of UEA's Climatic Research Unit.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 2, 2026

Batson established a three-part framework for racial juror challenges: Defense counsel challenges a strike, the prosecutor gives race-neutral reasons for it, then defense counsel has the opportunity to rebut those proffered reasons as pretextual.

From Slate ● May 28, 2026

These allegations embarrassed the government, and to combat them they brought in a string of outsiders meant to rebut these critical stories.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Justice Gorsuch thoroughly rebuts both, but his larger effort is to explain that the major questions standard is meant to protect legislative authority.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026

Evidence of enjoyment of life directly rebuts the central proposition of the oppressor – namely, that the oppressed is inferior.

From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2024

Monday's court filing from the city of Baltimore rebuts that number as "substantially less than the amount that will be claimed for losses and damages arising out of the Dali's allision with the Key Bridge".

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2024

“I can tell you that I wrote a few lines myself above every panel,” Kirby rebuts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2023

“Good. Being a little bit thirsty will remind us why we need to ration,” he rebuts, his anger beginning to fill to the brim.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

Hussain tried to rekindle the relationship but the woman rebutted his attempts on numerous occasions.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

Mr. Modi also rebutted on X.com a CNBC-TV18 report that said the government was considering taxing foreign travel, a policy that could have accelerated investor flight from India.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

But Iran has said "no final agreement" is in place, and its state media has rebutted parts of Trump's characterisation of the deal.

From Barron's ● May 30, 2026

Lawyers for Haitian and Syrian TPS holders rebutted, however, that federal courts have the power to review the determination process.

From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2026

Requests from PIH staff to be paid for working extra hours “because other institutions did it” were rebutted by Farmer.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

He said social media platforms bore responsibility for not rebutting in time the content that encouraged last week's rush, warning it was "very likely" a similar event would happen "in any part of the world".

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

After this, Cembalest turned his attention to rebutting a widely believed yet, according to him, incorrect idea pertaining to how the spike in energy prices caused by the war might redound on the U.S. economy.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 6, 2026

Daniela delivered a long response, rebutting him point by point.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026

In his court filings rebutting her claims, Mr Lythgoe included text messages between him and Ms Abdul that his lawyers said were friendly and jovial, and therefore inconsistent with her accusation.

From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2024

I had been listening and silently rebutting each sentence with my eyes closed; then there was a hush, which in an audience warns that something unplanned is happening.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou




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