disavow
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The aide later testified that Khan allegedly tried to get her to disavow her allegations by telling her the charges would hurt the Palestinian investigation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Nobody is asking anybody to disavow their beliefs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026
Kristin Welker pressed Rubio directly on the statements and he declined to disavow them.
From Salon ● Jan. 4, 2026
As Pepe spread into the more extreme corners of the internet, Mr Furie tried to disavow the frog, even killing him off in a comic strip.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2025
To disavow their faith, the Mexica say, would tear apart their lives.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Lyrically, Charli disavows cigarettes and writes sincere apologies for her past mistakes.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
The Chabad movement disavows any teaching that Schneerson is the messiah.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
To be clear, Radan disavows any support for slavery or for any moral argument defending it, arguing for a sharp distinction between those questions and the legal, constitutional argument he advances.
From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2023
He also disavows the notion that he is associated with the militia, repeatedly joking he wouldn’t qualify because he has been known to shave his legs, a habit he picked up from triathlons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2022
Sikhism emphasizes equality of humankind and disavows caste, class, or gender discrimination.
From The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
The administration has disavowed any intention to interfere with the World Cup or the Olympics.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026
In 2013 the LDS "disavowed" those teachings, and now believes "everyone is an equal child of God regardless of race".
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2025
In both cases the comments were immediately disavowed by the White House.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2025
Mr. Haas has disavowed anything experimental about this music.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025
He disavowed nothing: he seemed as if he would defy all things.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Mr. Steiner was put in the awkward position of disavowing his own private journal’s description of events.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
She resists the idea of entirely disavowing the life she led with her ex-husband.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026
Most folks come in wanting to “fix it” or “fix themselves” while disavowing the emotion itself.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2024
“What the voters deserve is clarity, which means disavowing this endorsement,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2023
“Oh, no,” we said, disavowing her entirely, as any sensible person would.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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