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Yet the ghost of Liz Truss lingers: despite their best efforts to politely disown her, the Conservatives' opponents will probably never lose their appetite for reminding voters of the calamity of her brief premiership.

In court hearings, victims detailed how they had lost jobs, been evicted, dropped out of school or been disowned by friends and family.

That's not to say that Trump has actually disowned the richest man in the world.

And the academics, in turn, disowned the state curriculum guide and created their own materials.

Ruby also disowned her daughter Shari, who was away at college.