controverting
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On the list for the class of 2013, three facts controverting my own early experience catch the eye: one demographic, one geographic, and one pedagogic.
From Salon ● May 25, 2013
An individuality so tautly drawn between the twin Spanish columns of dignity and passion could never conform to the crude consequences of his own controverting eloquence.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Allan Cunningham, it may be observed, relates facts concerning Cosway's origin and youth which go far towards controverting the errand-boy episode in his life, as chronicled by Smith.
From Art in England Notes and Studies by Dutton Cook
A most incontrovertible sentiment, surely, and one which nobody would think of controverting, where—and here is the point—where any beauty has been shown.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
There was no controverting this opinion, so we continued our journey.
From Hurricane Hurry by William Henry Giles Kingston
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