disbelieve
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He said he believed the boy was genuinely concerned about the knife, and agreed he had "no reason to disbelieve him".
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2025
But the contradictions did not cause jurors to disbelieve her, said Harry MacLean, who wrote about the case in the book “Once Upon a Time: A True Story of Memory, Murder and the Law.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2024
When truth is stranger than fiction, it is often easier to disbelieve, at least until the facts make it impossible to ignore reality.
From Salon • Jan. 24, 2024
Mr. Johnston said, “You cannot disbelieve the resurrection based on the historical accounts that we have. It is so well attested.”
From Washington Times • Apr. 6, 2023
“All I ask, all I ask, is some small minimum of trust, just a little bit of sympathy for all I am trying to do, and instead you disbelieve, you scoff, you mock and jeer.”
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
Vocabulary lists containing disbelieve
Selection Vocabulary 2, Unit 2
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