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This technique also makes them difficult to refute based on feeling alone.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

Musk took to X, the social media platform he owns, to refute the idea that Tesla's self-driving technology was to blame for the crash because it happened at a high speed.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026

RAND: Being able to marshal a lot of facts and evidence to refute conspiracy beliefs is really important.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026

Federal prosecutors, seeking to imprison Rinderknecht for up to 45 years, say they will call ATF experts to refute that fireworks, a cigarette or power lines started the Palisades fire.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026

Since this allegation falls very directly into my own realm, I am able to refute it with absolute authority.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro

"Our results have far-reaching implications. Firstly, it refutes the hypothesis that any organics found in fossils must result from contamination."

From Science Daily ● May 14, 2026

Outside of the Chagall exhibition in Moscow, former piano teacher Irina refutes the idea of trying to escape from the war.

From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026

On Tuesday, Dacre told the High Court he "utterly refutes" the "preposterous" allegations of unlawful newsgathering by journalists.

From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2026

MSF said that it “unequivocally refutes the allegations made by the Israeli authorities in recent days.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026

“I think not. Look how thin she is. Her weight refutes that accusation. “

From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry

When interviewed the next day, Robb refuted the allegations and told detectives: "My wife is never happy, which is why we are in this scenario."

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

A vlogger named Jake Rosmarin who is on the MV Hondius has refuted claims that the ship is dirty, saying on social media it’s “simply not true.”

From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026

Then the team assessed how strongly the evidence supported or refuted each assumption.

From Slate ● Apr. 28, 2026

“Their immune system is better than ours,” Kennedy said, pointing to a researcher who has refuted Kennedy’s use of his research.

From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2026

They had neither refuted nor confirmed Galileo’s claim; they had simply produced an anomaly.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

The conflict has functioned as an accelerated stress test, compressing years of operational learning into months and validating or refuting assumptions about real-world system performance.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026

Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakin said the accusation was "completely unbelievable and not even worth refuting".

From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026

Key witnesses refuting those denials included Kay’s wife, Camela, and Hetman.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025

The Met Gala is not a perfect establishment, but that doesn’t mean it’s worth refuting entirely.

From Salon ● May 6, 2025

After all, if the prosecution could introduce nothing from Reggie’s own mouth, then the defense would not have to devise a strategy for refuting it.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel