denial
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The proposed agreement, which does not include any admission or denial of the allegations, also bars the Adanis from future violations of key US anti-fraud laws covering investor deception, securities fraud and market manipulation.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
When the doctor tells him, “Sire, you are incurable,” he reacts with the same denial that has allowed him to ignore the destruction that has occurred under his negligent leadership.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
But they are not entitled to that level of denial.
From Slate • May 8, 2026
Le Pen has long sought to make the party she inherited from her father Jean-Marie more palatable, including by distancing it from the antisemitic legacy of a man convicted for Holocaust denial.
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
“I couldn’t stand the idea that my dad wasn’t really there. I just didn’t want to believe he was gone,” she says of those months of denial.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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