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Recent Examples of refute Kennedy’s spokesperson Katie Miller refuted the characterization of his remarks, Politco reported. Bruce Gil, Quartz, 28 Jan. 2025 But in an interview with WIRED last year, Noah Tweedale, one of the three Pump.Fun cofounders named in the suit, refuted the idea that the platform stands to benefit from regular investors losing money. Joel Khalili, WIRED, 17 Jan. 2025 The agency has since refuted the claim the couple was involved in its decision to separate from the actor. Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025 News of the affidavit was first reported by NBC News, which reported that Samantha refuted many of the claims in the affidavit in a statement to NBC. Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 21 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for refute 
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  • The Grammy-winning rapper, who has denied all accusations against him, remains in custody at the Special Housing Unit in Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center.
    Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2025
  • The emails suggest the teams played a significant role in managing the fallout from the abuse allegations, including helping to remove names from the list of clergy credibly accused of molesting children—actions the teams have denied.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
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  • Lucy’s husband, Justin (Mark Coles Smith), is one of the journalists who trains his sights on Gibson as a safer target for frustration than his spouse, and out of a vain hope discrediting Gibson will persuade Lucy to resume chemotherapy.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Privately, former officials who worked for Thao and other city officials have attempted to discredit Webb’s allegations, which have quietly raised eyebrows and skepticism around the town’s political circles for some time.
    Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2025
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  • But in September 2022 the new constitution was voted down, rejected in all 16 regions in Chile.
    Sammy Feldblum, The Dial, 30 Jan. 2025
  • The passage of the bill signals a GOP civil war brewing between DeSantis and Perez and Albritton, who rejected the governor's immigration proposal in favor of their own plan.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
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  • New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, New York Rep. Mike Lawler and New Jersey Rep. Josh Gottheimer have all been outspoken critics of congestion pricing, and over half of New York City voters disprove of the congestion pricing plan, according to a December poll.
    John Towfighi, CNN, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Context: Hydroxychloroquine's effectiveness for treating COVID has been disproved — and the IJAA study in France was not the only one to be withdrawn.
    Erin Alberty, Axios, 18 Dec. 2024
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  • Panama’s statement directly contradicted the State Department’s claim earlier in the evening.
    Patrick Oppmann, CNN, 6 Feb. 2025
  • The study contradicts this claim, showing that no morphological features support the idea that some breeds have an inherently stronger or more secure bite than others of similar size.
    Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 5 Feb. 2025
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  • The conflict over the Colorado River in many ways resembles California’s internal conflict, including an uncertainty over whether governments can overturn or ignore water rights stretching back to the 19th century.
    Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2025
  • Von Ehlinger’s attorney then filed an appeal arguing that his client’s conviction should be overturned because of constitutional and evidentiary errors during his trial.
    Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 7 Feb. 2025
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  • Though Kansas officials have said this is the largest outbreak in history, the Centers for Disease Control rebutted that claim.
    Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Extensive evidence would have been called in trial to rebut these allegations from senior staff from technology and legal.
    Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
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  • Steve Bannon has discussed with New York state prosecutors a potential plea deal in its criminal case charging the longtime ally of President Donald Trump with defrauding donors to a southern border wall, according to media reports.
    Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
  • When a high-level teleconference was convened to discuss the matter, Ford was noticeably absent.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 Feb. 2025

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“Refute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refute. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.

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