1.   Lucasfilm, which produced the movie, has denied any racist intent, but that has done nothing to dampen the furore.

2.   Still, Lee felt obliged earlier this month to deny any racist intent, and he trotted out his Italian-American co-writers as supporting evidence.

3.   Trainor disavowed any racist intent and said the features had been darkened solely to make the driver less noticeable in the commercial.

4.   A white officer admitted placing it there but said it was a practical joke and had no racist intent.

5.   Gould later apologized but denied any racist intent in his remarks.

6.   The airline denied racist intent to the Times.

7.   The company involved protested the document was written innocently, not with racist intent.

8.   Gould fiercely denied any racist intent and admitted his choice of words had been unwise.

9.   He has fiercely denied any racist intent and has admitted his choice of words had been unwise.