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This signal turns to static if defendants are allowed to repudiate allegations to which they just agreed “without admitting or denying” these very same allegations.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026

He argues that the city could run them—simply fold the MTA and let New York State repudiate the debt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

In response, Allister said: "If Claire is trying to pretend that I am insincere in my condemnation of violence then I utterly repudiate and indeed resent that comment."

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2025

In seeming to repudiate capitalism’s imperatives, its success can seem surprising, even mystifying.

From New York Times ● Jul. 18, 2023

“So long as Mr. Train speaks nobly for the woman,” Anthony wrote, “why should we repudiate his services?”

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

Mediaset Espana, which owns Cuatro, said it "categorically repudiates any form of harassment or aggression. We fully support Isa Balado, reporter for 'En boca de todos', after the absolutely intolerable situation she has suffered today."

From Reuters ● Sep. 12, 2023

"Unilever rejects completely and repudiates unequivocally any form of discrimination or intolerance," the company said.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2022

“The government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela repudiates this grave violation of human rights against a Venezuelan citizen, invested as a diplomat and representative of our country before the world,” the statement said.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 16, 2021

“This report clearly repudiates unsubstantiated allegations repeatedly made by some legislators,” Northam said Monday in a written statement.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 14, 2021

He repudiates the idea of their being natural phenomena; and yet attempts to deny that they are unnatural.

From Supernatural Religion, Vol. I. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation by Walter Richard Cassels

Khamenei’s office later repudiated the comments as divisive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Some of those decisions aligned with some unitary executive claims, but others directly repudiated them.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2025

Asked about his claim – repudiated by Israel - that thousands of lorries were waiting on the border to enter Gaza, Mr Fletcher repeated that he especially needed to be "careful and really precise".

From BBC ● May 30, 2025

He repudiated the luxurious trappings favored by some cardinals, and his hands-on devotion to the poor broke with many long-standing traditions, and added a populist flair to others.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2025

And now you have repudiated the character of Lopsang with your “tattle tale” accounts of him.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

The Vietnam War was raging, there were protests in the streets and their own kids were repudiating many of their values.

From Salon ● May 6, 2026

So one of the appealing takeaways from the biodoc “It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley” is a repudiating of the typical narrative of inescapable fate, instead pursuing the richness of a gifted artist’s ups and downs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2025

The researchers now wanted to know whether these individuals would justify their decision retrospectively by repudiating climate change.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 2, 2024

“All citizens of Mississippi regardless of race, creed, or color are repudiating the criminal acts of these rogue deputies,” the attorneys said.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 3, 2023

In other words, if he did not answer Burr’s challenge, he would be repudiating his well-known convictions, and in so doing, he would lose the respect of those political colleagues on whom his reputation depended.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis