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Engineers said they were able to debunk some "myths", including that bullets can ricochet off the curve in the ballistic plate.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

Ditto a reversal by NASA, whose then-leader enjoyed burbling in public about aliens but was soon assembling an expert panel to debunk such careless if crowd-pleasing talk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

Researchers found that when large language models, like ChatGPT or Claude, are instructed to debunk conspiracy theories, they often successfully change people’s minds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026

It’s hard to debunk false claims “coming with the seal of the federal government,” said Derek Tisler, counsel and manager with the Brennan Center for Justice’s elections and government program.

From Salon ● Apr. 14, 2026

His first Gymnopedie of 1888, as well as sounding like a long, hot afternoon in the Midi after a liquid lunch, can be seen as a deliberate attempt to debunk pomposity and de-clutter music.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

AFP's global network has produced more than 500 debunks of false information in multiple languages since the conflict began -- a rate never before seen in such a crisis.

From Barron's ● Apr. 2, 2026

“The film itself debunks any attempts to debunk it.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026

Liz O'Riordan, who herself has breast cancer, often debunks health misinformation online.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2025

Although this debunks the previous assumptions about protoplanetary disks, it also confirms earlier images from the mid-2000s from NASA’s Hubble Telescope.

From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2024

From the start, she debunks the idea that bothers her most — that she was rude or difficult to work with.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2023

Such a potential link has been debunked by years of research.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

His absence sparked further speculation about his health, but the government has continually debunked reports that the head of state has been in hospital.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

Rumors, recently debunked, spread that the town fired two workers over the foul-up, though neither processed payments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Johnson was a prominent right-wing media personality in the mid-2010s, when he produced a string of controversial news stories, many of which were later debunked.

From Slate ● May 28, 2026

This “rule” was popular for half a century, until leading grammarians debunked it.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

An American former newspaper columnist took to his Substack page to attempt a debunking, which offered a coherent if implausible theory of why Europe isn’t all that bad and America isn’t all that great.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

Once someone has formed an opinion, debunking their belief can backfire, driving them to commit even more strongly to their mistake.

From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2026

Internet users are increasingly turning to chatbots to verify images in real time, but the tools often fail, raising questions about their visual debunking capabilities.

From Barron's ● Dec. 16, 2025

If a fact-checker rated a post as false, Meta notified the user and added a warning label with a link to an article debunking its claims.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2025

Its place in the canons of poetics and rhetoric, moreover, has largely survived the personal debunking of its author.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith