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This technique also makes them difficult to refute based on feeling alone.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

A trio of rulings on Thursday refute this smear.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

The assertion that Asian Americans and other nonwhite immigrants don’t “assimilate”—a freighted term, to be sure—is both easy and hard to refute.

From Slate ● May 26, 2026

If the allegations are false, he needs to refute each and every detail in thorough, incontrovertible fashion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026

I would refute it by noting that the presidents of the ANC have been Zulus, Basotho, Pedis, and Tswanas, and the executive has always been a mixture of tribal groups.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Early in the film, Billy refutes Kris’ overcomplicated idea of horror films.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

Firstly, it refutes the hypothesis that any organics found in fossils must result from contamination.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026

Weaver, a Florida native clad in a navy Cowboys cheerleaders tracksuit during a recent video call, refutes this.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

Channel 4 says that when concerns related to contributor welfare were raised, "prompt and appropriate action was taken, based on the information available at the time" adding it "strongly refutes any claim to the contrary".

From BBC ● May 20, 2026

Kassia’s haunting music has recendy been recorded for the first time in a thousand years, and it rather gracefully refutes the assumption that the development of early music is exclusively the handiwork of men.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

However, “Iran refuted the existence of talks with the U.S., which could still limit the extent of the pullback in prices,” Dahrieh adds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Sawyer denied this allegation and refuted the claim that he was still running the business.

From BBC ● May 20, 2026

Cento refuted the claims made in the complaint and will seek dismissal of the lawsuit in court, a company spokesperson told The Times on Monday.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

A company spokesperson also refuted that reward benchmarks had been shared with employees ahead of the program’s July launch.

From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026

No, he said Darin was in the death cells in Bekkar and that the prison provided Blackcliff’s security backup, all of which Veturius has just refuted.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

The conflict has functioned as an accelerated stress test, compressing years of operational learning into months and validating or refuting assumptions about real-world system performance.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026

Fun as it is to watch, there’s no refuting how psychologically sadistic “The Traitors” can be.

From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2026

General Medical Center issued a statement on Thursday refuting reports that federal authorities had carried out enforcement operations at the downtown trauma center.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2025

As the news spread, several media channels falsely accused Iqbal of being a terrorist, following which the police put out a statement refuting the claim.

From BBC ● May 25, 2025

“No, of course I—” I was so committed to refuting him that I had half-denied the charge before I understood it; now my eyes swung back to his face.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles