Example Sentences

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"Ryanair looks forward to disproving these false CMA claims during this bogus investigation," it added.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

In my clinical practice, I’ve learned that the key isn’t just disproving individual claims about Tylenol, autism, or vaccines—it’s explaining how to think about medical evidence.

From Slate • Sep. 26, 2025

She criticised the accounts of prosecution witnesses, and said the investigation had focussed on "disproving the Geeveses version of events" rather than investigating the cause of Amber’s disappearance.

From BBC • Sep. 15, 2024

Brawn and co-author Henry Pollock, who did postdoctoral research in NRES, already showed that both temperate and tropical birds can withstand temperature extremes, disproving the climate variability hypothesis across latitudes.

From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2024

An admirable outcome, were this world one Fastness of the Handdara, but alas we must walk forward troubling the new snow, proving and disproving, asking and answering.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin