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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

Paul opened the hearing by confronting Mullin about those remarks and asking him to disavow them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

On Tuesday, shortly after Khamenei was named to succeed his father, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned him to disavow continued nuclear work in an exchange with reporters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026

While many of my comrades thought we should disavow those leaders, my inclination was to reach out to them.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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

She must not trade in what she disavows.

From Mr. Britling Sees It Through by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

Davis has since disavowed some of his comments, but a judge ruled them admissible in court.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

To quickly recap: In 2019 the streamer said that America “deserved” 9/11, a comment he apologized for shortly afterward and has since disavowed.

From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026

Auden disavowed his poem “Spain 1937” as immature and “dishonest.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

In 2013 the LDS "disavowed" those teachings, and now believes "everyone is an equal child of God regardless of race".

From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2025

I was so hurt and humiliated that I disavowed all relations with Young.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

The book does this as well, though often, Huberman will include a qualifier, disavowing responsibility after sharing evidence that’s scantier than you might like.

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 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

“The State cannot be allowed to take a Janus-faced position — wholeheartedly proffering David’s allegations of abuse on the State’s criminal proceedings, while disavowing or discrediting those same allegations in David’s civil action,” they wrote.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 12, 2024

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

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson