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deny

[dih-nahy] / dɪˈnaɪ /


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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

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

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

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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