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Mr. Sullivan’s challenge is to refute this remarkable rewrite of recent history.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

“We believe the partnership helps refute the recent bear thesis that AI agents and personal shoppers could disintermediate Shopify and its large payments business,” Shah wrote in an investor note.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

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

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

NHS South East London ICB said they "strongly refute any suggestion that decisions in this case have been driven by cost."

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

“You are even more clever than I could have hoped,” Hector says, not bothering to refute or confirm her musings about his colleague’s nomenclature.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Kris initially refutes their chemistry, pushing it away in favor of her work.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

But the disclosure, which Haley Van Erem filed with Congress, refutes itself repeatedly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

"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

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

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

Los Palos refuted Lineage’s claims and said it plans to contest the accusations in court.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

He revived the canard about vaccines contributing to a rise in autism, despite the connection having been thoroughly refuted by years of clinical research.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Koizumi refuted the idea that Japan was engaged in "new militarism" saying it was "nothing further from the truth".

From BBC ● May 31, 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

Issy Maisels categorically refuted the charges of violence.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Ms. Fritz’s task in refuting the rumors of a love affair isn’t easy, but she keeps at it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

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

“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