Thesaurus / rebut
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The elected board members rebutted Miller’s allegations, saying their focus was on pushing new policies to benefit students at a time when study after study was making clear the national toll of so much time out of the classroom during the pandemic.
ERROR-RIDDLED ETHICS REPORTS ON SCHOOL BOARD CREATE POLITICAL FIRESTORM IN PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTYRACHEL CHASON, DONNA ST. GEORGEAUGUST 24, 2021WASHINGTON POSTHe said integration was a simple question of following court orders, and he rebutted the governor’s claim that the federal government was poised to send troops.
HOW ROBERT F. KENNEDY SHAPED HIS BROTHER'S RESPONSE TO CIVIL RIGHTSPATRICIA SULLIVANAUGUST 11, 2021TIMEWright's allies went negative, but Ellzey was far more active rebutting the attacks than Wright was in making or amplifying them.
THE TRAILER: WHO SPONSORED THIS MESSAGE? WHY YOU'RE SEEING SO MANY ADS SO FAR FROM THE MIDTERMS.DAVID WEIGELJULY 29, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe contractors rebut those charges and say servicing problems are rooted in the convoluted design of the payment system.
ONE OF THE NATION’S LARGEST STUDENT LOAN SERVICERS PLANS TO CUT TIES WITH THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENTDANIELLE DOUGLAS-GABRIELJULY 8, 2021WASHINGTON POSTYou say something false and then cast those who correctly rebut you as your enemies.
THE ALARMING DOWNWARD SPIRAL OF THE ELECTION-FRAUD CONSPIRACY THEORYPHILIP BUMPJUNE 24, 2021WASHINGTON POSTHe was rebutting comments from CNN’s Jake Tapper, co-anchor of competing Sunday show “State of the Union.”
‘MORAL POSTURING’: FOX NEWS’S CHRIS WALLACE CRITICIZES THE SHUNNING OF ‘BIG LIE’ PROPONENTSERIK WEMPLEJUNE 4, 2021WASHINGTON POSTHow Stansbury respondedWhat’s noteworthy is how Stansbury rebutted these attacks.
AN UGLY NEW GOP ATTACK LINE IS PROMPTING A USEFUL RETHINK AMONG DEMOCRATSGREG SARGENTJUNE 4, 2021WASHINGTON POSTMcAuliffe ignored the attacks, after briefly rebutting Carroll Foy in their last debate.
THE TRAILER: SOCIALISTS, PROUD BOYS, AND ANTI-MASKERS: THE POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT STRUGGLES TO KEEP UP IN NEVADADAVID WEIGELJUNE 3, 2021WASHINGTON POSTShe extensively quoted Ardrey’s Territorial Imperative in order to rebut his characterization of men as baboon-like.
TARZAN WASN’T FOR HER - ISSUE 100: OUTSIDERSERIKA LORRAINE MILAMJUNE 2, 2021NAUTILUSThe next day on Twitter, Musk replied twice to a Discover tweet rebutting his comment.
SHOULD WE TERRAFORM MARS? LET’S RECAP - ISSUE 100: OUTSIDERSBRIAN GALLAGHERMAY 12, 2021NAUTILUSWORDS RELATED TO REBUT
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