disavow
Example Sentences
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Instead of disavowing them, she answered that she wouldn’t post such remarks today because she has “matured.”
The Journal reported in May that Khan invoked the investigation of Netanyahu and Gallant in communications with his accuser as he urged her to disavow her allegations against him.
In both cases the comments were immediately disavowed by the White House.
From MarketWatch
Federal officials also notably disavowed the need to conduct soil testing, insisting it would be too time-consuming.
From Los Angeles Times
Nobody's asked her to disavow "Hot N Cold," just to have made more sensitive choices about her current "love frequency"-driven incarnation.
From Salon
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