In the early 1930s, the Pulitzer Prize–winning New York Times correspondent Walter Duranty wrote stories denying the famine that Joseph Stalin’s forced-collectivization policies were causing in Ukraine and mocked journalists who reported the truth.
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James Kirchick,
The Atlantic,
29 July 2026
Human rights groups have accused Iranian authorities of denying defendants due process, relying on coerced confessions and carrying out executions after unfair trials.
In September 2025, it was revealed that Ferguson sent an email to Epstein apologizing for publicly disowning him in a March 2011 interview with the Evening Standard.
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Stephanie Petit,
PEOPLE,
3 Feb. 2026
The pastor approaches the line without fully disenchanting; a magician drawing attention to the trick without disowning its power.
Rippey agreed to go to rehab, ultimately resigning from her position with City Hall and ending things with Newsom.
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Noe Padilla,
USA Today,
28 July 2026
The Labour government has seen a decrease in popularity among the British public, cemented by huge losses at the local polls in May—the fallout of which ultimately led to Starmer resigning as Prime Minister.
The method used by players’ associations to litigate against leagues who lock out players is decertification, or the similar step of disclaiming interest.
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Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
6 July 2026
All three opening bids in the 2028 ideas primary lead by disclaiming any desire to raise taxes on the middle class.
For Harrison, the collaboration also meant relinquishing some control.
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SPIN Staff,
SPIN,
22 July 2026
Clearly, the Flyers are comfortable with relinquishing first-round picks in their next four drafts as there is more value in having a true 1C in Carlsson.
Mark Ford Rosemary Tonks emulated French Symbolist poets before converting to Christianity and renouncing all her own works.
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The New York Review of Books,
The New York Review of Books,
4 July 2026
Corbett, of Palatine, announced his independent candidacy days after renouncing the current state of the Republican Party and dropping his consulting business work with GOP contenders.
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