disavow

I mean, Hasan, every podcast or debate I go into over the past few months, people try to grill me on you, and they’re like, “Do you disavow Hasan Piker?”

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

The press corps wants me to disavow Mr. Druckenmiller, though his views on financial markets have been formed by decades of experience.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 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

It aggravated me sometimes no end, but it was also what I could never disavow in Barack.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

The Peltola campaign said she isn’t concerned with who else is on the ballot and disavows any involvement in Dan J.’s campaign.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

The Chabad movement disavows any teaching that Schneerson is the messiah.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 11, 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

The father of Cyrus is taken captive, and in his last moments disavows the attempt of his son.

From The History of Antiquity Vol. V. by Max Duncker

Leaders in the movement publicly disavowed Bankman-Fried, and Amodei told associates that he didn’t know the fallen crypto tycoon well.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

She has been disavowed by lawmakers across the Democratic spectrum, from Blue Dog centrist Rep. Josh Gottheimer to democratic socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

From Slate ● May 22, 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

He disavowed nothing: he seemed as if he would defy all things.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

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

“I forgive, but I won’t forget,” Pita said, disavowing any antagonism toward Pheu Thai.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 11, 2024

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

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson