1
as in resists
to drive back
Stalingrad's defenders were finally able to rebut the besiegers, but only after a horrendous loss of life
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as in refutes
to prove to be false
Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe effectively rebutted any lingering notions that the earth is flat
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Ri’s work resists binaries, instead offering a fluid continuum where transformation is constant.—
Olga Garcia-Mayoral,
Miami Herald,
31 Mar. 2026 -
To this day, her work resists categorization.—
Patricia Zohn,
Air Mail,
28 Mar. 2026
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Washington has boosted claims that attacks on Nigerian Christians by militants constitute genocide — a characterization the Nigerian government strongly refutes.—
Adrian Elimian,
semafor.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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Browsh refutes the idea the NFL chose Bad Bunny as a political stunt.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
8 Feb. 2026
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Typewriters, stationery, fine-art museums, the quintessential impressionist painter—these are all associated with taste, beauty, and craft, as well as with intentionality and care, the opposite of the ruthless technological efficiency that repels many from generative AI.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
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The front glass also includes an anti-smudge coating, fluorine, a material that repels grease and moisture.—
Jim Fisher,
PC Magazine,
16 Mar. 2026
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Sigmund Freud believed that every crush has a strand of disgust, that people are attracted to what repulses them.—
Daniel Felsenthal,
Vulture,
26 Mar. 2026
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Charlie, though, is trying to keep them out of a country that thoroughly repulses him.—
Alexander Nazaryan,
New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Rebuts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rebuts. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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