rule out
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Speaking at an event held by the Senedd Sources podcast, external on Tuesday, Plaid's Minister for Government Effectiveness, Dafydd Trystan Davies, did not rule out cutting or changing the Flying Start programme.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
He initially refused to rule out military force.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026
Renault is unlikely to sustain the market share growth it saw last year amid competition with Chinese carmakers but that doesn’t rule out positive volume growth, MS says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Vomiting occurred only in the deficient group, although the difference was small and was not statistically significant, meaning researchers could not confidently rule out chance as the explanation.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
Dalgard was extremely dismayed and couldn’t rule out the possibility that the man was breaking with Ebola.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
