disavow

Despite the heat, El-Sayed refused to disavow Piker.

From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026

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

The studios gamely went along, ruining the lives of a number of their creative talent who refused to disavow their pasts.

From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2026

All the architects, including Sullivan, seemed to have been captured by the same spell, although Sullivan later would disavow the moment.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

The Peltola campaign said she isn’t concerned with who else is on the ballot and disavows any involvement in Dan J.’s campaign.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Lyrically, Charli disavows cigarettes and writes sincere apologies for her past mistakes.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

But Jones disavows involvement and contends that a former subordinate, Jennifer Abel, and others close to Baldoni cooked up the plan as part of a broader “conspiracy,” which also included starting a rival publicity firm.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 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

Food is almost the first pre-requisite; and yet a high character will go without food to the ruin and death of the body rather than gain it in a manner which the spirit disavows.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson

The development group publicly disavowed the actions, attributing them to an unnamed security contractor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 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

Even those Jews who disavowed biblical inspiration for their anti-slavery activism claimed special authority to denounce oppression because of the suffering of the Jewish people.

From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2025

Stone himself eventually disavowed the technique as a useful therapy.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

The book does this as well, though often, Huberman will include a qualifier, disavowing responsibility after sharing evidence that’s scantier than you might like.

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026

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

After recently disavowing himself from his leading lady, Audiard used the opportunity to re-embrace Gascón, a moment that was uncomfortably awkward.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2025

“Oh, no,” we said, disavowing her entirely, as any sensible person would.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson