dismissed

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Rita Yip, also representing the employers' groups, dismissed the union arguments as "inflammatory and alarmist".

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

"A league arbitration panel has dismissed Southampton Football Club's appeal against the independent disciplinary commission's sanction following the admittance of multiple breaches of EFL regulations," the EFL said on Wednesday evening.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Anthropic has made headlines with claims that its latest model Claude Mythos could be dangerously good at hacking - dismissed by some as hype but marked as a dramatic turning point by others.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

But Californians have dismissed rich candidates in the past, especially those who use their own fortunes to appeal to a largely middle- and working-class electorate struggling with day-to-day expenses in the notoriously costly state.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

The girl is kept longer, but she too is dismissed, her forehead wrinkled in confusion.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern