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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

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

According to a lawsuit Floyd Bledsoe filed in 2016, Jefferson County authorities persuaded Tom Bledsoe to recant his confession and “framed” his brother by hiding evidence of his innocence.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2023

She’d had to tell him the charges she’d made and tried to recant when she was begging for his assistance.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

“It recants some of the language in their letter, which I never adopted.”

From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2022

We do not forgive Humbert because he recants after it’s too late.

From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 2020

She fearfully recants, and is charged with false reporting.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 17, 2019

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

His guilt and the evidence on which he was convicted have been questioned over the years - namely after witnesses recanted their statements and another inmate later confessed to the murder.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

When war was declared, David recanted his previously strong pro-German views and toed a patriotic line.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026

Capitalwatch has now recanted the entire report, the publisher told Barron’s, adding that it would issue “no more news updates” about AppLovin.

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

After the sentencing, however, Ray recanted his guilty plea.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry

“DNA evidence, witnesses recanting their prior statements and polygraph testing all supported the ‘actual innocence’ claims of Jarvis Ballard,” district attorney Perry Nicosia wrote.

From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026

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

Owning, disowning, recanting, recharting a hateful course of events to make sense of her complicity.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver