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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

A trio of rulings on Thursday refute this smear.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 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

Blame the wind and the rain and the sun and the earth: they cannot refute it, they are the culprits.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

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

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 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

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

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

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 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

This sweater, pale yellow, with a floral wreath at the neck, told Luce that I refuted nature in just the way his theory predicted.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

This week, the department issued a follow-up statement refuting both of those claims.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 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

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

From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2024

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

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton