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Recent Examples of rebut Interviews between the two in the latter half of the film are tense and informative, with Wang leaning into the challenge of rebutting her friend’s views. Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2024 Though Kansas officials have said this is the largest outbreak in history, the Centers for Disease Control rebutted that claim. Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Jan. 2025 Her ambivalence toward her vocation runs throughout her memoir, which interrogates and sometimes rebuts the dogmas that inevitably hardened around such famed artists. Claudia La Rocco, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025 Extensive evidence would have been called in trial to rebut these allegations from senior staff from technology and legal. Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for rebut 
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  • The men in Izzy’s life each represent a world to her, so she’s initially drawn to a successful uptown author (Jeroen Krabbé) and repelled by Sam’s working class surroundings.
    Jason Bailey, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Still in the throes of grief, Bridget has yet to return to the dating scene and is, at first, repelled by the thought of it.
    Olivia-Anne Cleary, TIME, 13 Feb. 2025
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  • While Kansas public health officials called it the largest U.S. concentration of the disease since recording began in the 1950s, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has refuted this, citing two larger episodes in the past.
    Cory Franklin, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
  • Nicole’s lawyer, Bruce Weil of law firm Boies Schiller Flexner, refutes that claim, saying that Dr. Wertheim never made such an offer.
    Kerry A. Dolan, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2025
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  • Their attorneys fought the charges and resisted the Justice Department's previous efforts to keep the cases moving forward on appeal after Mr. Trump's election win.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Tory Burch, known for its 2000s Reva ballet flat that even Oprah herself couldn’t resist wearing, is experiencing somewhat of a Tory Burch renaissance these past couple years.
    Gina Vaynshteyn, StyleCaster, 11 Feb. 2025
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  • These same, once skeptical business leaders rallied around Trump in 2017 but were repulsed by many of his words and actions within eight months, withdrawing support, not returning to give him a second chance until now.
    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Western publics by and large have managed to stave off compassion fatigue and remain committed to helping Ukraine repulse the Russian invasion.
    Nina Jankowicz, Foreign Affairs, 4 May 2023

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“Rebut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rebut. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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