dismissed

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In a letter released on Tuesday, Hezbollah's leader Naim Qassem dismissed those efforts and said his group would "not abandon the battlefield".

From BBC • May 13, 2026

The city tried to have the case dismissed by arguing the city can’t sue itself.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Sherman, who has been in Congress since 1997, dismissed the generational-change argument bluntly.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Health officials have insisted that the risk to global public health is rare and dismissed comparisons to the Covid-19 pandemic.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

The Irish Justice of the Stockyards District Police Court, with jurisdiction over minor crimes in that neighborhood, dismissed more than eighty percent of claims brought against strikers accused of violent attacks.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield