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Paramount, in its statement, noted the European Commission’s conclusions “directly refute key assumptions that underpin the state AGs’ complaint seeking to block the transaction,” including whether big-budget or blockbuster films should be considered a market.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

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

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

However, the England head coach has since appeared to refute the idea the defensive retreat was a result of the directions he'd provided his team.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 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

White and his agents took the stand to refute the allegations.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

"Our results have far-reaching implications. Firstly, it refutes the hypothesis that any organics found in fossils must result from contamination."

From Science Daily ● May 14, 2026

They said the company had "extensive" evidence including messages, documents and witness testimony that "unequivocally refutes" Mavromantis' claims.

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026

Outside of the Chagall exhibition in Moscow, former piano teacher Irina refutes the idea of trying to escape from the war.

From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026

Mr. Mann refutes this, characterizing her romances as “attachments that allowed this dreamy, curious, affection-seeking young woman to explore the world beyond the quiet, steady confines of Medford, Massachusetts,” where she grew up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

“I think not. Look how thin she is. Her weight refutes that accusation. “

From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry

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 vlogger named Jake Rosmarin who is on the MV Hondius has refuted claims that the ship is dirty, saying on social media it’s “simply not true.”

From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026

Those who refuted their work as simple stoner comedy were missing out on some of the more subversive critiques of America during the short but pivotal post-Vietnam, pre-Reagan era.

From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2026

The environmentalist arguments against dredging are at best debatable, if not easily refuted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

“When Diogenes the Cynic heard, in a debate, that there was no such thing as change nor motion, he refuted the charge by walking about the stage during his opponent’s speech, waggling his legs.”

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

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

His brother confirmed in an interview with the city’s local station WGN-TV that he is a White Sox fan, refuting early heresy claiming he roots for the Cubs, aka Satan’s Stickballers.

From Salon ● May 10, 2025

Ecowas came to Nigeria's defence in a statement on Thursday refuting the claims.

From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2024

But once again, Watson was trying to use these facts to his advantage—while barely refuting the real claims of wrongdoing before him.

From Slate ● Dec. 12, 2024

The word ‘fact’ tells us very little about the establishing and refuting of facts.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton