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We will always contradict ourselves—and will do so in contradictory ways.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

The retailer called the plaintiffs’ argument “fatally flawed,” adding, “Plaintiffs’ own sources contradict it, the regulations of the U.S.

From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2026

First, revenues across the AI ecosystem have surged, which seems to contradict the bears’ worries about data-center profitability.

From Barron's ● May 23, 2026

"I contradict myself / I transform," she added on a thunderous version of Saoko, from her second album, Motomami.

From BBC ● May 6, 2026

For the most part, they remained silent and didn’t contradict or add anything to whatever we said.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

But a return to war also contradicts positions he has publicly taken against open-ended conflict.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

It sounds like Justice Alito’s opinion contradicts the reality on the ground.

From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2026

The BBC has obtained previously unseen footage of a man who died after being restrained by prison officers, which contradicts the version of events put forward by officials.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

This contradicts the seemingly common-sense notion that making information more widely accessible would lead to more efficient markets.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026

When Lovett asks him to repeat parts of the story, he frequently contradicts himself.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly

She danced and sinned and regretted and atoned, and then contradicted herself by doing it all over again.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026

And, more troublingly, Marina’s belief that he died in 1987 is contradicted by relatives, who insist that it was five years later.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

Judge Emeka Nwite, who presided over the case, said the evidence presented against them was "neither shaken nor contradicted during cross examination".

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026

Berryman would have liked to have been contradicted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

The problem was that nearly all the fossil evidence contradicted this, and suddenly in the nineteenth century there was a lot of fossil evidence.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

In March, Jefferies analyst Surinder Thind said he’d seen no evidence of a recovery in customer appetite, directly contradicting management’s upbeat commentary.

From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026

That decision, cutting short the process and contradicting his earlier assurances of due process, shocked Mr. Khan’s own staff.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

In 1974, Stephen Hawking showed that black holes radiate heat and can eventually evaporate, apparently erasing all information about what fell into them — contradicting the quantum principle that evolution must preserve information.

From Science Daily ● May 22, 2026

The lawsuit claims The Atlantic went ahead with their story “despite being expressly warned, hours before publication, that the central allegations were categorically false” and “despite having abundant publicly available information contradicting those allegations.”

From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2026

They couldn’t believe that I was contradicting a teacher.

From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie