disbelieve
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accept, believe, credit, swallow
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But what happened with Strzok and what happened with Ohr, these are unfortunate circumstances that do lend to people who were inclined to disbelieve what Mueller comes up with that lends credence to that concern. — Fox News, "Former top intelligence officials come to Brennan's defense," 18 Aug. 2018 There’s a core of Trump supporters who at this point disbelieve the Voxes and Washington Posts and New York Times of the world on principle because they’ve been instructed to do that. — Ezra Klein, Vox, "Is the media making American politics worse?," 22 Oct. 2018 The counterexample Not one of a dozen cases above contradicts the hypothesis that Trump believes women who accuse his rivals of misconduct and disbelieves those who accuse his friends. — Avi Selk, Washington Post, "A hypothesis: When Trump speaks of women, he's thinking of men," 11 Feb. 2018 With his comments about Christine Ford at his rally, Trump is not just sending the message that survivors with imperfect memories should be disbelieved. — Anna North, Vox, "Trump’s mockery of Christine Blasey Ford perpetuates rape culture," 3 Oct. 2018 With a disbelieving forward baring down on goal with Neuer, Higuain snatched at the shot however, and scuffed his shot wide. — SI.com, "World Cup Countdown: Gonzalo Higuain Must Deliver For Argentina After 2014 Final Flop," 14 June 2018 But Trump's selection of what to believe and disbelieve appears to be purely self-serving, rather than evidence-based. — Callum Borchers, Washington Post, "Trump calls Comey a liar yet keeps citing him as a credible source," 21 Apr. 2018 His supporters were going to disbelieve anything Obama said. — George Packer, The New Yorker, "Witnessing the Obama Presidency, from Start to Finish," 5 June 2018 One of the greatest tricks that the patriarchy plays on women is to deliberately destabilize them, then use their instability as a reason to disbelieve them. — James Hohmann, Washington Post, "The Daily 202: Koch network laying groundwork to fundamentally transform America’s education system," 30 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'disbelieve.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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