contradict
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The figures for numbers killed and injured in the West Bank contradict his statement.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
The calming locales both complement and contradict the plot’s revelations, which are hardly bombshells but do speak to how well-to-do families labor to shove inconvenient skeletons into the closet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Israeli officials say the deal’s security annex doesn’t contradict their freedom of action against emerging and developing threats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 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
Which is worse, to contradict her or to admit?
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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“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
And then there’s the human cost of war — the central theme of the film, and one that Wilson says contradicts Homer’s poem.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
The other says it contradicts civil rights laws.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
It sounds like Justice Alito’s opinion contradicts the reality on the ground.
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2026
Class contradicts their assumptions about the American dream, equal opportunity, and the reasons for their own successes and even failures.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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The advisers’ positive outlook, however, was somewhat contradicted by their concern regarding specific policy risks.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
Xiao’s reveal drove the Americans to openly lambast each other, as one official dismissed Xiao’s assessments, only to be contradicted by colleagues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 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
Instead, I heard him sigh a little, then offer a brief passage from Baba Bathra that contradicted Danny’s explanation.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
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A former employee testified on Wednesday that some of Meta's safety tools for Facebook and Instagram were "designed to fail," contradicting the company's defense strategy in a landmark trial in California.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
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
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
Della Porta must have realized that he was contradicting himself.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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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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