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debunk

verb as in disprove, ridicule

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Starbucks spokesperson Jaci Anderson said last month that “allegations by Workers United have all previously been debunked and are without merit.”

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Fact-checkers have debunked it hundreds of times, pointing out that tariffs were largely paid by U.S. consumers, not China.

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Despite being consistently debunked, conspiracy theories as to whether humans actually reached the Moon have persisted for more than 50 years, particularly with the rise of social media.

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As for Aldrin’s takes on the matter, a 2022 Reuters article debunked one of the most popular clips used to implicate the former astronaut, which was was taken out of very critical context.

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The research helped him debunk myths of the near-useless male lion that seldom hunts and of the female as the consummate mother.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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