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Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin expressly stated the coalition letter relied on “anonymous, unsubstantiated and unverifiable claims.”

From Slate • Dec. 8, 2025

By the mid-20th-century, however, leading behavioral theorists denigrated the idea of studying animal emotions since, even if they existed, they were scientifically unmeasurable and unverifiable.

From Science Daily • Nov. 14, 2024

So: Grim stuff, almost all of it unverifiable by any of those who’d tasked themselves with adjudicating the beef.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2024

Consumers further claimed that Mondelez reduced the amount of filling in each Oreo — an accusation that the company denied and still remains unverifiable.

From Salon • Mar. 10, 2024

However, there is much that rings true and is of interest even in the unverifiable part of the study.

From Pathology of Lying, accusation, and swindling: a study in forensic psychology by Healy, William