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This technique also makes them difficult to refute based on feeling alone.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

However, the England head coach has since appeared to refute the idea the defensive retreat was a result of the directions he'd provided his team.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

RAND: Being able to marshal a lot of facts and evidence to refute conspiracy beliefs is really important.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026

Erickson was seeking to refute claims by the family of Grossman’s victims that he and Grossman were racing when she hit Mark and Jacob Iskander, ages 11 and 8.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026

The philosophers of his day were unable to refute the paradox.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

"Our results have far-reaching implications. Firstly, it refutes the hypothesis that any organics found in fossils must result from contamination."

From Science Daily ● May 14, 2026

They said the company had "extensive" evidence including messages, documents and witness testimony that "unequivocally refutes" Mavromantis' claims.

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026

Mr. Mann refutes this, characterizing her romances as “attachments that allowed this dreamy, curious, affection-seeking young woman to explore the world beyond the quiet, steady confines of Medford, Massachusetts,” where she grew up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

“There is clear evidence which completely refutes these outlandish allegations.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2025

“I think not. Look how thin she is. Her weight refutes that accusation. “

From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry

The U.S. refuted that claim, with Centcom saying “Iran does not control the strait. Traffic is flowing,” in a social-media post Sunday.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 12, 2026

Koizumi refuted the idea that Japan was engaged in "new militarism" saying it was "nothing further from the truth".

From BBC ● May 31, 2026

Then the team assessed how strongly the evidence supported or refuted each assumption.

From Slate ● Apr. 28, 2026

Bitadze, who is Georgian and played several professional seasons in Serbia, refuted Doncic’s account of the interaction, saying he first heard inappropriate comments from Doncic and only repeated what he heard Doncic say first.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2026

He refuted Young’s wild charges, but the majority of the club’s members were bewildered, did not know whether to believe him or not.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

The conflict has functioned as an accelerated stress test, compressing years of operational learning into months and validating or refuting assumptions about real-world system performance.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026

The Met Gala is not a perfect establishment, but that doesn’t mean it’s worth refuting entirely.

From Salon ● May 6, 2025

Ecowas came to Nigeria's defence in a statement on Thursday refuting the claims.

From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2024

But once again, Watson was trying to use these facts to his advantage—while barely refuting the real claims of wrongdoing before him.

From Slate ● Dec. 12, 2024

The word ‘fact’ tells us very little about the establishing and refuting of facts.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton