Example Sentences

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Within 24 hours of that Dec. 3, 2020, hearing, Raffensperger’s office had debunked the video.

From Washington Times • Aug. 9, 2022

I tracked Simpson’s prevarications for years in print, eventually receiving a bilious email from him in which he simply repeated the lies I had debunked.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 5, 2022

A Verificado staffer would then respond directly to most messages as well as post statuses about stories they had debunked throughout the day.

From Slate • Aug. 2, 2018

By 1534, Polydore Vergil's Anglica Historia had debunked much of Geoffrey of Monmouth's work, and cast doubt on the very existence of a historical Arthur at all.

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2017

County officials had debunked the rumor, but that didn’t matter.

From Washington Post