Example Sentences

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A vlogger named Jake Rosmarin who is on the MV Hondius has refuted claims that the ship is dirty, saying on social media it’s “simply not true.”

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

“Their immune system is better than ours,” Kennedy said, pointing to a researcher who has refuted Kennedy’s use of his research.

From Salon • Apr. 21, 2026

That woman, Shannan Gilbert, was found dead in 2011 in another area, a coastal marsh, in what Suffolk County police labelled an accidental drowning, which her family has refuted.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 19, 2023

Bass said the Inside Safe initiative has refuted the idea that unhoused people “do not want to leave the streets.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2023

Though M. de Reaumur has refuted this hypothesis by just and conclusive reasoning, he has failed to make the sole experiment that could support or overturn it.

From New observations on the natural history of bees by Huber, François