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In other words, Mr. Denton was repudiating the identity of the website he had spent 12 years building.

From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2015

In so doing, it signaled, publicly at least, that it was repudiating its longstanding alliance with Saudi Arabia’s regional rival, Iran.

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2015

At the very time—so inconsistent was this singular woman—that Lord Crawford, at her request, was breaking the news of her marriage to her brother, she was repudiating it indignantly to every person she met.

From Love Romances of the Aristocracy by Hall, Thornton

Venezuela was repudiating certain debts which the Venezuelan Government had guaranteed to European capitalists.

From Theodore Roosevelt and His Times by Howland, Harold

Patagonia was repudiating a loan, and it was hoped that he might induce a better feeling in the Patagonian Parliament.

From The American Senator by Trollope, Anthony