rebut

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The ruling means the court will operate under the assumption that five potentially damaging statements are true while allowing the defendants to rebut them.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 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

Suu Kyi travelled to The Hague to rebut charges of genocide against them at the UN's top court in 2019 -- tanking her reputation on the international circuit.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

And he makes a claim for the relevance of his project: “These poems rebut the parochialism and tribalism that dog our present, even as they appeal to universal experiences and values.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

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