deny
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It became impossible to deny: We were losing money.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that the Secret Service cannot deny a White House press pass absent “narrow and specific standards by which applications are to be judged.”
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026
Took a good save from Lammens to deny him at the far post and his shot across goal was going in without the visitors' keeper kicking it away.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
A spokesperson for Bonta’s office said in a statement: “Potential settlement talks are confidential. We cannot confirm or deny whether settlement talks are occurring or their alleged substance.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
The Nazis tried to deny the situation, calling it a “tropical fantasy.”
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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Annie Clark, Collins’ deputy chief of staff, told ProPublica in an email that Collins’ office “vigorously” denies allegations of bribery and pay-for-play made by Kao, calling his claims “outlandish.”
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
“Mr. Peters denies the claims and disputes the characterization of events. He will respond through the appropriate legal channels and intends to vigorously defend himself. We will not comment further at this time.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
He was bailed pending further enquiries, and denies doing anything wrong.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Mr. Thomas denies any trade-off between climate and development.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Except that there is something in between, even if everyone denies it.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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Former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who was elected months after the 2019 attacks, with a campaign of tackling Islamist extremism has also denied the allegations.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
That interest, the court wrote, “undoubtedly qualifies as liberty which may not be denied without due process of law under the fifth amendment.”
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026
In a 15-minute address, Pezeshkian denied that the nation seeks nuclear weapons and called the attacks “a grave betrayal of diplomacy and subversion of efforts towards the establishment of stability and peace.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
He denied the allegations and a court later dismissed all claims against him and the city.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Yet now the urgency of making such a request could not be denied, unless she and the children intended to walk to Swanburne.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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Just as there’s no denying the popular place in the repertoire of Peter Shaffer’s “Amadeus,” there’s no gainsaying the durable position in the canon of Dürrenmatt’s “The Visit.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
WISeR vendors have been denying claims at unusually high rates, the documents show.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
The Securities and Exchange Commission sued him in 2023 over alleged market manipulation, a case settled this year without Sun admitting or denying wrongdoing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Sullivan obliged, allowing Reddington one hour to file his appeal, but it ultimately failed with the state supreme court quickly holding a hearing and denying the application for an emergency stay.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
There was no denying Jenkin’s inescapable logic: to salvage Darwin’s theory of evolution, he needed a congruent theory of heredity.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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