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It’s an idea that some mathematicians believe is true but nobody has been able to prove or disprove.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026

Braun argued that the portrayal of his client drinking and racing wasn’t supported by the facts and that there was no evidence to disprove his client’s testimony that he was traveling at 55 mph.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

Most people who tackled this problem tried to prove Erdős’s conjecture, rather than disprove it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026

Third, by demanding that plaintiffs disentangle race from politics, the court asks them to disprove the very structural reality that social network discrimination reveals.

From Slate ● May 22, 2026

She, if anything, seemed the more conciliatory party, which seemed to disprove the hypothesis that he was at fault.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

For a company that prides itself on entering categories late and defining them, Apple’s AI execution has been the exception that disproves the rule.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 21, 2026

In fact, the history of whaling on its own disproves the central point of “The Killing Age,” that guns were a sine qua non for the making of the modern world.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025

"Find some evidence that shows it couldn't be walking. Because nothing we've seen anywhere disproves that," said Lipo.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2025

It's a looser arrangement than their previous deal - but it disproves claims that the Sussexes and Netflix are going to completely part company.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2025

Their argument is simply, that human experience disproves the supernatural.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 by Various

The claim can never be disproved because its meaning isn’t fixed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

City appear to have disproved that theory with not only the acquisition of Semenyo, but Marc Guehi too after the England defender joined from Crystal Palace for £20m.

From BBC ● May 16, 2026

McLaughlin’s lies were easily disproved by reporting, videos and photos.

From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2026

Demonstrate that their conspiracy theory is, say, disproved by the law of gravity, and they will conclude … that Sir Isaac Newton was “in on it” too.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2025

He had never seen the photograph that disproved their guilt.

From "1984" by George Orwell

Rather than disproving AI’s potential, this hiring rebound suggests many employers misunderstood where AI creates value.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

In time, more evidence may come to light either corroborating or disproving the allegations, but right now, we’re pulling on some pretty thin threads.

From Slate ● Feb. 27, 2026

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

Now he was sure that there was a grave misunderstanding taking place, and that unraveling it, disproving it, was going to take days.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers