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Taiwanese authorities have refuted the rumours, saying there are sufficient LNG reserves for March and April.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

Their pop-historical account of the Constitution has been debunked from top to bottom by legitimate legal historians, who have refuted the rotten moorings of this bogus theory with devastating precision.

From Slate • Dec. 4, 2025

Republican governor of Ohio Mike DeWine and Springfield's GOP mayor have refuted the attacks on immigrants.

From Salon • Oct. 2, 2024

But doctors’ groups have refuted the plan, saying universities aren’t ready to offer quality education to that many students.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2024

If Edwards had undertaken to refute the infidel ground in relation to this passage, he might have done so with very great ease: but then he would at the same time have refuted himself.

From A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory by Bledsoe, Albert Taylor