debunk

Bass has naturally tried to debunk the poll.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

He has less patience for commentators who seek to debunk originalism by measuring its practitioners against a caricature of the method.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

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

It’s important to debunk this genetic stuff as we now live in a genomic age in which science has been used to justify all sorts of atrocity.

From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2026

Yet when language scholars try to debunk the spurious rules, the dichotomizing mindset imagines that they are trying to abolish all standards of good writing.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

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

The text of these articles often debunks the talking point by pointing out that Musk's numbers are made up, but most people don't read articles.

From Salon ● Feb. 24, 2025

On top of being a terrific pre-holiday workout, the Great Walk debunks the ever-persistent beliefs that L.A. is not a walking city and that its physical sprawl impedes the ability to build community.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2024

The study debunks myths about Cockney rhyming slang being born out of criminal activity, and highlights how it has historically thrived on multicultural influences, adapting with each wave of newcomers.

From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2024

By his own account, Piker is now preparing a defamation suit against Jennings and Salem Media, and possibly Fox News, which cited the same debunked compilation.

From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026

Over the years, Bullock and Randall debunked rumors about their engagement and marriage numerous times.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

And sure enough, that scholarship came to the court, and the court cited it, and most of it has been debunked and disproven, but it’s the law anyway.

From Slate ● Aug. 16, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

Every medium so studied has been debunked, if not in the sessions, then by materials, photos, or interviews after the fact.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

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

If every event is met with automatic suspicion and conspiracy theory, we’ll spend all our time debunking nonsense, and nothing will ever get better.

From Slate ● Feb. 27, 2026

There is simply too much gaslighting going on to spend adequate time debunking everything.

From Salon ● Dec. 26, 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