rebuff
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Appeared in the March 19, 2026, print edition as 'Janus Clients Urge Rebuff of Victory'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
Rebuff, who won last year’s Breeders Crown for 2-year-old male trotters, has seven victories in 14 lifetime starts and $573,670 in purses.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 2022
Rebuff won his Hambletonian elimination by 1-1/4 lengths over Fast As The Wind in 1 minute, 52.2 seconds.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 2022
Rebuff, the 5-2 second choice, edged 80-1 shot Fast As The Wind by a half-length.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 29, 2021
Rebuff, rē-buf′, n. a. beating back: sudden check: defeat: unexpected refusal.—v.t. to beat back: to check: to repel violently: to refuse.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
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