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Ed Yardeni, president and chief investment strategist of Yardeni Research, also expects that the April retail sales data will refute the ongoing “chorus of predictions of an imminent consumer retrenchment.”

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

Townshend acknowledges this, predicting during our conversation, “Roger will refute everything I say.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2025

"We will refute the FTC’s claims in court," he said.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2024

The Philippines will "refute the prosecutor's arguments in our reply," Guevarra said.

From Reuters • Apr. 12, 2023

But I will refute my adversaries' arguments, which, taken altogether, come to this.

From The Philosophy of Spinoza by Ratner, Joseph