denial

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Called distributed denial of service, or DDoS, attacks, these were massive floods of junk internet data designed to knock websites offline by overwhelming the data pipes that connected them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The news follows a Monday denial of negotiations from a spokesperson for Iran’s foreign ministry.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

"I think we've struggled in the west to have honest, sincere, discussions about death. Our western denial of death has been very Victorian," he said.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

In a 1994 dissent from a denial of certiorari in a death case, Blackmun anticipated Sotomayor’s Reed dissent 32 years later.

From Slate • Mar. 27, 2026

“Dad went through the five phases of grieving— denial, anger, acceptance, whatever—in like one day. I think he’s more freaked out that he is old enough to have a daughter who has a boyfriend.”

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman