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verb (2)

present participle of deny
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When Nguyen refused the search and denied the allegation, one deputy allegedly called him a liar and threatened to arrest him. Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 22 July 2025 Trump has denied the existence of the message and has filed a lawsuit against the paper’s publisher. Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 21 July 2025
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But the Gophers consistently struggled to score, particularly when opponents had an effective game plan for denying Garcia the ball or the paint, and ranked last in the conference in points per game. Dave Campbell, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2025 There’s no denying that the pythons pose a real threat to Florida’s ecosystems, but different voices in the python hunting community have different opinions about how to deal with it. Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 12 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for deny

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“Deny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deny. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.

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