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Asked by CNN’s Kaitlan Collins about her Nov. 16, 2020, call to “cancel Thanksgiving,” Hong passed up the chance to disavow the tweet and instead talked about how she cooked a Thanksgiving meal at 16.

From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026

Despite the heat, El-Sayed refused to disavow Piker.

From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026

Paul opened the hearing by confronting Mullin about those remarks and asking him to disavow them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

Nobody is asking anybody to disavow their beliefs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026

While many of my comrades thought we should disavow those leaders, my inclination was to reach out to them.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

The Peltola campaign said she isn’t concerned with who else is on the ballot and disavows any involvement in Dan J.’s campaign.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Lyrically, Charli disavows cigarettes and writes sincere apologies for her past mistakes.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

Church Militant now disavows claims in the article, which depicted him harshly.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2024

To be clear, Radan disavows any support for slavery or for any moral argument defending it, arguing for a sharp distinction between those questions and the legal, constitutional argument he advances.

From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2023

Food is almost the first pre-requisite; and yet a high character will go without food to the ruin and death of the body rather than gain it in a manner which the spirit disavows.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson

Davis has since disavowed some of his comments, but a judge ruled them admissible in court.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Auden disavowed his poem “Spain 1937” as immature and “dishonest.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

He later defended his comments and said that he had been using hyperbole to make a point, adding that he disavowed racists and that media reports had ignored the context of his comments.

From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2026

In both cases the comments were immediately disavowed by the White House.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2025

I was so hurt and humiliated that I disavowed all relations with Young.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

The book does this as well, though often, Huberman will include a qualifier, disavowing responsibility after sharing evidence that’s scantier than you might like.

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026

She resists the idea of entirely disavowing the life she led with her ex-husband.

From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026

Instead of disavowing them, she answered that she wouldn’t post such remarks today because she has “matured.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 1, 2025

Venues began disavowing Rawayana, which was forced to cancel its tour.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2025

“Oh, no,” we said, disavowing her entirely, as any sensible person would.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson