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Mandelson's comments go further than others in government in recanting previous criticism of Trump.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2025

That information, the recanting, was initially hidden from Glossip, and he only found out about it a few years ago.

From Slate • Sep. 30, 2024

As for Voirrey, she never changed her story on Gef and died in 2005 without recanting.

From National Geographic • Sep. 19, 2023

Majors’ attorney, Priya Chaudhry, continues to maintain her client’s innocence and previously told The Times that her team had obtained “two written statements from the woman recanting these allegations.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2023

Owning, disowning, recanting, recharting a hateful course of events to make sense of her complicity.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver