contradicting

Example Sentences

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The lawsuit claims The Atlantic went ahead with their story “despite being expressly warned, hours before publication, that the central allegations were categorically false” and “despite having abundant publicly available information contradicting those allegations.”

From Salon • Apr. 20, 2026

Already, the two countries appear to have contradicting positions on what this ceasefire entails.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Upon her death in 2017, Mr. Wonder credited her with sharpening his lyricism and keeping him at Motown—thus contradicting Mr. Robinson’s claim that Mr. Wonder’s contract was safe all along.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Outside of court, however, McLaughlin kept contradicting them, asserting over and over again that immigration agents did not require probable cause to arrest a person suspected of lacking lawful status.

From Slate • Feb. 18, 2026

It is something to do with the younger generation contradicting the efforts of their elders, the perennial parent-child dynamic of human civilisation: ‘whatever they did, we will do the opposite.’

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall