repudiated

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Similarly, the price of Russian bonds went up, not down, for months after the new Communist government repudiated Russia’s debt in 1918, virtually wiping it out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

Companies that struck partnerships with xAI, including Oracle and Polymarket, do not appear to have repudiated Grok’s Nazism, much less reconsidered their deals.

From Slate • Jul. 9, 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

The politicians who supplied funds for the war from exile had publicly repudiated the drastic aims of Colonel Aureliano Buendía, but even that withdrawal of authorization did not seem to bother him.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez