recant
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Baroness Lawrence said: "Any person who expresses views like these and does not recant is an obvious danger to society and must remain in custody."
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2025
Decades after she and her sister had become sensations, Maggie Fox admitted it had all been a hoax — only to recant the confession later.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2025
Generally, it’s unusual for a cooperating witness to recant testimony years after a trial.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 27, 2024
She withdrew the allegation later, but Trump's biographer points out that her alimony payments were likely in danger if she did not recant.
From Salon ● May 1, 2023
Editorials would demand that he either recant or retire from public life.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
“It recants some of the language in their letter, which I never adopted.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2022
We do not forgive Humbert because he recants after it’s too late.
From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 2020
She fearfully recants, and is charged with false reporting.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 17, 2019
Unless Ayala recants her statement not to seek the death penalty, none of the cases will be returned to her office, Tupps said.
From Reuters ● Aug. 31, 2017
Sometimes though, for the women, they’re for a nun who recants.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
When war was declared, David recanted his previously strong pro-German views and toed a patriotic line.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
Capitalwatch has now recanted the entire report, the publisher told Barron’s, adding that it would issue “no more news updates” about AppLovin.
From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026
Three days later, he recanted that confession and spent the rest of his life professing his innocence, claiming that he was made a patsy for the real assassin, a man he called “Raoul.”
From Slate ● Dec. 1, 2025
They recanted their damning testimony about the sunken-ship broadcast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025
After the sentencing, however, Ray recanted his guilty plea.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
Mandelson's comments go further than others in government in recanting previous criticism of Trump.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2025
That information, the recanting, was initially hidden from Glossip, and he only found out about it a few years ago.
From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2024
As for Voirrey, she never changed her story on Gef and died in 2005 without recanting.
From National Geographic ● Sep. 19, 2023
His team has also released screenshots of text messages that purportedly show the accuser recanting her allegations and appearing to admit fault in the altercation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2023
Owning, disowning, recanting, recharting a hateful course of events to make sense of her complicity.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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