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deny

[dih-nahy] / dɪˈnaɪ /


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Canada's government website states that they can deny entry to any person that has "committed or been convicted of a crime".

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026

"If you did indeed make these vile and defamatory statements, stand behind them," he said in a new post on X. "If you did not make them, deny it."

From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026

That’s because the rule never forbade criticism of the SEC, but only a defendant’s attempt to deny the allegations or facts in a settlement that it “neither admitted nor denied.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 17, 2026

U.S. authorities deny any part in the puzzling series of events, which involved a pair of 35-ton fishing craft — not the sleek speedboats typically pictured in Department of Defense videos of maritime strikes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2026

He didn’t want to be an imposition, but he also couldn’t deny that he was still hungry.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova




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