recant
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Later that the day, she appeared to recant the remarks in a state TV interview, warning that they should "not be misused".
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2025
Decades after she and her sister had become sensations, Maggie Fox admitted it had all been a hoax — only to recant the confession later.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2025
The most recent petitions discussing Autry’s decision to recant his testimony were filed in Hardin County Circuit Court on Jan. 22, based on what Adams’ lawyer refers to as new evidence.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 27, 2024
She withdrew the allegation later, but Trump's biographer points out that her alimony payments were likely in danger if she did not recant.
From Salon ● May 1, 2023
I might have this wrong, and that’s why I was going to wait and go through this with you face to face, but I think she wants to recant.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
“It recants some of the language in their letter, which I never adopted.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2022
She fearfully recants, and is charged with false reporting.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 17, 2019
Consequently, sales of the fluoride-free toothpaste he promotes might decline if he recants his bogus claim that fluoridated water causes cancer and stunts the brains of children.
From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2018
In the recording, the victim recants his accusations and blamed the issue on his parents.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 24, 2017
Sometimes though, for the women, they’re for a nun who recants.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
Prevez later recanted the confession, his lawyer said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Capitalwatch fully recanted its report alleging AppLovin served as a “laundering machine.”
From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026
Three days later, he recanted that confession and spent the rest of his life professing his innocence, claiming that he was made a patsy for the real assassin, a man he called “Raoul.”
From Slate ● Dec. 1, 2025
They recanted their damning testimony about the sunken-ship broadcast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025
By then, Morrison had recanted his confession, shifting his allegiance yet again in the hope of securing compensation from Hale.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
Mandelson's comments go further than others in government in recanting previous criticism of Trump.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2025
That information, the recanting, was initially hidden from Glossip, and he only found out about it a few years ago.
From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2024
Haddish and Spears denied this and less than a month later, the Jane Doe asked a judge to dismiss the case and released a statement recanting the accusation.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2024
More than six years later, court records show Autry’s taking it all back and recanting his testimony, saying he made up the story to avoid spending life in prison.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 27, 2024
Owning, disowning, recanting, recharting a hateful course of events to make sense of her complicity.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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