How to Use cast doubt on in a Sentence

cast doubt on

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  • The mishap has cast doubt on whether the 12-year-old warship could ever return to service with the Iranian fleet.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024
  • But the latest strikes by Houthi rebels cast doubt on those claims.
    — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The experts all cast doubt on the scenario that Miller described.
    — Amy Brittain, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2023
  • The fact that Lake is already trying to cast doubt on the outcome is perhaps not a great sign for the GOP.
    — David Faris, The Week, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Yet league sources cast doubt on his fit moving forward.
    — Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2023
  • But the court ruling cast doubt on whether and how that tracking can continue.
    — Nick Anderson and Susan Svrluga, Anchorage Daily News, 29 June 2023
  • Lawyers for both sides cast doubt on Ms. Holmes’s ability to pay her victims.
    — Heather Somerville, WSJ, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Memes with images of his parents tried to cast doubt on his Indigenous roots.
    — Damien Cave Adam Ferguson, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2023
  • McCarthy seemed to cast doubt on the reported timeline.
    — Time, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Hill, who has set out his own account of what happened, cast doubt on Landis’ version.
    — Peter Baker, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Hill, who has set out his own account of what happened, cast doubt on Landis’s version.
    — Peter Baker, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Colorado is not the first state to hand over its top leadership spot to a candidate who has — at the very least — cast doubt on the 2020 election results.
    — Ben Kamisar, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Some right-wing commentators and news outlets cast doubt on Bernard’s story or called it a hoax.
    — Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 6 July 2023
  • Scott included a caveat of sorts, arguably leaving the door open to those within their party who could cast doubt on vote counts.
    — Byrick Klein, Averi Harper, ABC News, 7 Nov. 2022
  • This past weekend, a BBC report cast doubt on the official story.
    — Nicolas Niarchos, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
  • On Monday, McCarthy cast doubt on the prospect of allowing a vote on additional aid to Ukraine in a stand-alone bill.
    — Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The Republican ally of Trump has cast doubt on the integrity of the 2020 elections, which may have hurt both Lake and Masters in the state last cycle.
    — Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner, 25 May 2023
  • And Democrats cast doubt on the idea that an acquittal would fundamentally change the perceptions of a man who spent decades in the public eye and four years in the White House.
    — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 29 May 2024
  • Trump has also cast doubt on McDaniel's future as chair twice this week in interviews.
    — Fin Gómez, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Although right-wing leaders cast doubt on the story, many on the left pointed to the moment as an example of the real consequences of the fall of Roe vs. Wade.
    — Erin B. Logan, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Johnson cast doubt on the study and said climate change might be good for Wisconsin and surrounding areas.
    — Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2023
  • But inflation's recent stubbornness has cast doubt on when the rate cuts will start and whether the Fed will really manage to squeeze in three of them this year.
    — Paul Wiseman, Quartz, 11 Apr. 2024
  • But inflation’s recent stubbornness has cast doubt on when the rate cuts will start and whether the Fed will really manage to squeeze in three of them this year.
    — Paul Wiseman, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The ones running for senator, governor, and secretary of state have all cast doubt on the 2020 election.
    — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 12 Nov. 2022
  • And Justices Thomas and Alito cast doubt on whether diversity and race have meaning at all.
    — Jeff Raikes, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2023
  • And Karcasinas tries to cast doubt on Fernandes' recollection of the night.
    — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 11 Mar. 2023
  • Before leaving the graduation stage, Biden called on the students to drown out the voices that cast doubt on their abilities to pursue their goals.
    — Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 11 May 2024
  • In doing so, Henry cast doubt on Richard’s claim to the throne and strengthened his own hold on power by legitimizing his soon-to-be wife, Elizabeth of York.
    — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Mar. 2023
  • But Vallejo and others cast doubt on that dramatic scenario.
    — Claudia Roth Pierpont, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Those that cast doubt on our election outcomes without evidence erode trust in our democratic process.
    — Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2024

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