contradict
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Werb argued that "outside support does not necessarily contradict the bloc's sovereigntist stance".
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
Robles told parliament that agents of the CNI intelligence service had shared information about a possible imminent migrant crossing with security forces shortly before it happened, but Grande-Marlaska appeared to contradict her.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Opinions can vary so wildly, you know, critics can contradict each other in certain criticisms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
The research doesn’t contradict that worldview but deepens it, letting us meet our children where they are instead of where we feared they would be.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Though I doubted much that lovers’ behavior had changed so much in forty years, I did not contradict Elnora.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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She also contradicts Bayoumi's claim that he hardly saw the hijackers after he secured their apartment, explaining that she had seen them together over the weeks that followed.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
This contradicts Judge Crenshaw’s conclusion, as he found that email communications between McGuire and the DOJ suggested there was some level of coordination between the two.
From Slate ● Aug. 23, 2026
“Death via organ donation” directly contradicts this principle, which is why it remains a concept that exists solely in the realm of academic exploration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
He says he has ‘evidence that directly contradicts those baseless claims.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 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
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The advisers’ positive outlook, however, was somewhat contradicted by their concern regarding specific policy risks.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
She danced and sinned and regretted and atoned, and then contradicted herself by doing it all over again.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 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
Once a person believed in the invasion and became frightened, he or she unconsciously ignored announcements and clues that contradicted that belief.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
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County prosecutor, accused Hochman of contradicting himself, questioning the D.A.’s efforts to justify the officers’ coarse language.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
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
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
"It becomes very dark when religion is used to justify immoral behaviour... using religion to justify especially dropping bombs is contradicting what the faith is about," says Bishop Strickland.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026
It is something to do with the younger generation contradicting the efforts of their elders, the perennial parent-child dynamic of human civilisation: ‘whatever they did, we will do the opposite.’
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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Vocabulary lists containing contradict
The Language of Standardized Tests, List 1
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Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 1–6
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