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Enacted after the Civil War as a renunciation of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dred Scott v. Sandford, which held that Black people are not citizens of the U.S., the birthright citizenship clause has been relatively uncontested since 1868.—
Henry Gass,
The Christian Science Monitor,
30 Jan. 2025 -
So the practice of love turns on a renunciation of control.—
Sean Illing,
Vox,
9 Dec. 2024
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This story was updated to reflect Citadel’s denial of having any interest in purchasing the townhouses from the receivership.—
Linda Robertson,
Miami Herald,
2 Mar. 2025
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Thanks to the stunt world, today’s action genre has become an assertion of humanity, instead of a denial of it.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2025
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Notably, the only research paper claiming to prove such an impact was later shown to have incorrectly analyzed its data, leading to a rare retraction of publication.—
Michael Abrams,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Feb. 2025
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One leading member of the journal’s editorial board, a stubborn advocate for using hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin to treat COVID-19, has lost five papers to retraction.—
Adam Marcus,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2025
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The concern about the bank’s future is heightened as the second Trump administration doubles down on its repudiation of climate projects and promotes an accelerated expansion of U.S. oil and gas projects.—
Max Bearak,
New York Times,
25 Feb. 2025
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America’s repudiation of its traditional foreign policy is being driven by both Trump’s particular obsessions and wider geopolitical changes.—
Stephen Collinson,
CNN,
22 Feb. 2025
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“Disownment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disownment. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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