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Franklin Roosevelt had repudiated the so-called gold clauses in private and government bond indentures, aware that upholding payment in gold would have provoked widespread bankruptcies and devastated the federal budget.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2023

Mr Anwar's agenda of the 1990s was co-opted by the target of those criticisms, the very person who had repudiated and punished Mr Anwar for his call for change.

From BBC • May 16, 2018

Shedd asked whether Jadwat’s position would differ if Trump had repudiated his campaign remarks about Muslims.

From Washington Post • May 8, 2017

Was it true that Goebbels had repudiated her?

From The New Yorker • Oct. 19, 2015

He had disgraced his calling; his Church had cast him out, and he in turn had repudiated her.

From If Any Man Sin by Cody, H. A. (Hiram Alfred)