denial
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The building of the case is well done but what’s most memorable is the impenetrable brick wall of denial constructed by Shirilla’s family and friends in the face of that evidence.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
The proposed agreement, which does not include any admission or denial of the allegations, also bars the Adanis from future violations of key US anti-fraud laws covering investor deception, securities fraud and market manipulation.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
Le Pen has long sought to make the party she inherited from her father Jean-Marie more palatable, including by distancing it from the antisemitic legacy of a man convicted for Holocaust denial.
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
Without spoiling whether they find it by the time the show concluded in 2009, let’s say that our too-prevalent denial of climate change’s existence lends a grim accuracy to a late series twist.
From Salon • May 5, 2026
There was nothing left to feed my denial.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
Vocabulary lists containing denial
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
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