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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The bus drivers' union has disavowed any involvement in the violence.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Acknowledging the confusion, the Supreme Court in 1990 disavowed its earlier opinions and announced a new approach.
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Barbara was subjected to heinous torture, yet refused to disavow her faith.
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But the government is unlikely to press ahead with what the Academy has disavowed.
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Could he disavow his father and live?
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Ten federal researchers were listed as contributors, but seven of them quickly disavowed any connection with it.
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We saw too the marked trend to disavow deviance amongst the women whose personal histories are discussed in Chapter 2.