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  • "Disown" it as he might, his words were past recall, and both indictments stand in his name.

    Byron's Poetical Works, Volume 1 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806

  • Disown one and tell the others, "You're now my only hope."

    Disgrasian: Are Chinese Mothers Superior? You Can Decide for Yourself Disgrasian 2011

  • Disown one and tell the others, "You're now my only hope."

    Disgrasian: Are Chinese Mothers Superior? You Can Decide for Yourself Disgrasian 2011

  • Disown me then,” India said, taking a sip from a glass of white wine with her name on it.

    One Flight Up Susan Fales-Hill 2010

  • Disown me then,” India said, taking a sip from a glass of white wine with her name on it.

    One Flight Up Susan Fales-Hill 2010

  • I think there is the potential to put THEM in a Box either Own it (in which case they look stupid) or Disown it and say that they don't believe these smears either and discredit the basis for the rumors (from their own side of the discussion).

    Election Central Morning Roundup 2009

  • VIEW FAVORITES yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Embarrassed U.S. Starts to Disown Basra Operation'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'The effort to disclaim U.S. responsibility for the operation is an indication that it was viewed as a major embarrassment just as top commander Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker are about to testify before Congress.'

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: Embarrassed U.S. Starts to Disown Basra Operation 2008

  • VIEW FAVORITES yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Embarrassed US Starts to Disown Basra Operation'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'As it became clear last week that the Operation Knights Assault in Basra was in serious trouble, the George W. Bush administration began to claim in off-the-record statements to journalists that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki had launched the operation without consulting Washington.

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: Embarrassed US Starts to Disown Basra Operation 2008

  • Sunday, August 28, 2005 del. icio.us/indeed. com VC+Kottke Disown Technorati crisy

    del.icio.us/indeed.com VC+Kottke Disown Technorati Ben Barren 2005

  • As the Republicans are Tanking, Disown the Old Democratic Party Hack Pundits While We're at It yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'As the Republicans are Tanking, Disown the Old Democratic Party Hack Pundits While We\'re at It'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: How do we convince the netowrks to stop putting on Centrist, DLC hacks as talking heads, and replace them with tough, smart progressive voices who put the right wing echo chamber parrots in their place?'

    As the Republicans are Tanking, Disown the Old Democratic Party Hack Pundits While We're at It 2005

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