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Ms. Cusk seems similarly trapped, as well, in a novelistic form that appears to bore her but which she is unwilling to disavow.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Asked by CNN’s Kaitlan Collins about her Nov. 16, 2020, call to “cancel Thanksgiving,” Hong passed up the chance to disavow the tweet and instead talked about how she cooked a Thanksgiving meal at 16.

From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026

Despite the heat, El-Sayed refused to disavow Piker.

From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026

Nobody is asking anybody to disavow their beliefs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026

While I agreed, I could not accept that we should therefore disavow studying.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Lyrically, Charli disavows cigarettes and writes sincere apologies for her past mistakes.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

But Jones disavows involvement and contends that a former subordinate, Jennifer Abel, and others close to Baldoni cooked up the plan as part of a broader “conspiracy,” which also included starting a rival publicity firm.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2024

To be clear, Radan disavows any support for slavery or for any moral argument defending it, arguing for a sharp distinction between those questions and the legal, constitutional argument he advances.

From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2023

He does not apologize for what he said in the episode — viewed more than 360,000 times — though he asserts that he disavows racism.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 6, 2023

The name furnishes no very precise clue to the conclusion it designates, and it has no reference to the federative form of State, for which Marlo expressly disavows having any partiality.

From Contemporary Socialism by John Rae

The family rose to fame via “19 Kids and Counting,” a long-running TLC reality series about a fundamentalist Christian family who homeschooled their children and disavowed birth control and kissing before marriage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2026

He later defended his comments and said that he had been using hyperbole to make a point, adding that he disavowed racists and that media reports had ignored the context of his comments.

From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2026

In both cases the comments were immediately disavowed by the White House.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2025

Mr. Haas has disavowed anything experimental about this music.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2025

Stone himself eventually disavowed the technique as a useful therapy.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Nothing here binds a future administration, and courts almost never stop the government from disavowing promises its officials had no authority to make.

From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026

Mr. Steiner was put in the awkward position of disavowing his own private journal’s description of events.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026

She resists the idea of entirely disavowing the life she led with her ex-husband.

From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026

After recently disavowing himself from his leading lady, Audiard used the opportunity to re-embrace Gascón, a moment that was uncomfortably awkward.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2025

“Oh, no,” we said, disavowing her entirely, as any sensible person would.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson