rebuff

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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

The Miss Universe Organisation on Tuesday put out a statement to rebuff Mr Harfouch's claims, saying that "no external group has been authorised to evaluate delegates or select finalists".

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025

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

“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