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Fuel sellers, known as "marketers", and independent analysts have disputed that figure, putting it closer to 2,000 naira.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

Lawyers for the Alexanders have disputed that those alleged events occurred.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

SpaceX executives have disputed the magnitude of the fuel costs.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 11, 2026

DHS officials have disputed that characterization, saying the father fled on foot and that an agent stayed with Liam for his safety.

From Salon • Feb. 1, 2026

In all his published work, Copernicus made no mention of astrology—but nor is there anything to suggest that he would have disputed the standard view, that astronomy existed to make astrology possible.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton