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contradict

[kon-truh-dikt] / ˌkɒn trəˈdɪkt /


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This would appear to contradict directly the statements made during a cabinet meeting held Thursday in which Bessent said “the U.S. oil market is well-supplied.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

Not to contradict the title of your special, but I screened “None Too Pleased,” and it’s super pleasing and so funny.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

But internal DHS records reviewed by ProPublica contradict Noem’s Senate testimony.

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2026

Just last week, body-camera footage of a Border Patrol agent involved in the shooting of Marimar Martinez in Chicago was released, and it appeared to contradict DHS’s version of the incident.

From Slate • Feb. 19, 2026

‘Now, Cilia, I want you to go to your room and He down. You are too tired. If you had not been, you would never have been so impudent as to contradict me.’

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes




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