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Cyrille Bollore, chief executive of top UMG shareholder the Bollore Group BOL 0.83%increase; green up pointing triangle , had urged the company to rebuff the offer, arguing that Ackman’s proposal undervalued it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

Taiwan rolled out the red carpet for Paraguay President Santiago Pena on Friday, as the democratic island shores up ties with its only South American ally in a rebuff to China's diplomatic pressure.

From Barron's ● May 8, 2026

And those limits create a “judicial responsibility” for courts to rebuff the president when he deploys the Guard “in a situation far divorced” from what Congress envisioned.

From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2025

“Males don’t live very long, and females often aggressively rebuff potential mates, so small or weak males may never successfully reproduce,” Yanega added.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2025

“But will not the Count take his rebuff wisely? Since he has been driven from England, will he not avoid it, as a tiger does the village from which he has been hunted?”

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

New Palace manager Pierre Sage will hope the club rebuffs any potential suitors.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

Even though Davis is repeatedly asked who will take over from Rufus, she rebuffs the question.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

At the beginning of the film, Mr. Banks rebuffs his children when they ask him to repair their kite.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025

Through Jessica, “Too Much” rebuffs the trope Dunham helped create.

From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2025

I met no rebuffs, only gentleness when they informed me they could not use my services as typist, bookkeeper, etc.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin

To date, Mexican officials have rebuffed a Justice Department request that Rocha Moya, 77, be detained pending his extradition to the United States.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

Barcelona's latest Rodri bid rejected, Tottenham's Djed Spence on verge of Inter Milan move, Arsenal rebuffed in bid for Marc Pubill, plus more.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

Washington has rebuffed any talk of a deal being reached.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

It also denied reports that Infantino had been rebuffed Monday in efforts to contact Trump for help in saving his presidency.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

But when York sent a proposal to test a twenty-megaton bomb to the White House for Eisenhower’s approval, he was crisply rebuffed.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

After rebuffing Pfizer’s $120 billion takeover bid in 2014, he steadily transformed AstraZeneca into one of the drug industry’s top growth stories.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

American Airlines late Friday took the unusual step of rebuffing a merger before it was even made.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 20, 2026

Coventry also kept their best players, rebuffing Sheffield United's bids for Bobby Thomas while Milan van Ewijk stayed despite Wolfsburg interest.

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026

His way of impatiently rebuffing Salome’s inappropriate advances is to give her singing lessons.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026

He was angry with Desdemona for rebuffing him and he was angry at himself for being angry at her, because he knew she was right.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides