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
They are seen as North Korea's latest rebuff of South Korea's peace overtures, according to analysts.
From Barron's ● Apr. 8, 2026
Not only did the University of California regents rebuff the stadium bid, they also decreed that no structure built on the Drake Stadium footprint could later be enlarged into a football stadium.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 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
He grew awkwardly into a tall, strange, dreamy boy with fragile eyes and a very delicate mouth whose tentative, groping smile collapsed instantly into hurt disorder at every fresh rebuff.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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
“Aisha” resists tidy answers through the gentle force of its performances and by staying on the rebuffs and uncertainty Aisha suffers.
From New York Times ● May 9, 2024
Shakespeare’s tragedy is rearranged in a way that rebuffs careful inspection.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2024
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
She said she has attempted to connect with her brothers but was rebuffed.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
Mahmood requested that Tapp be sacked but was rebuffed by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
She said Crowley rebuffed a request to prepare a report on the fires that was a crucial part of investigations into what happened and why.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
U.K. officials have rebuffed the criticism, with Justice Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy pointing out that the attacker was British and saying the stabbing had nothing to do with immigration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
She immediately applied for permission to visit me and was rebuffed.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Washington has been frustrated by signs Beijing is quickly expanding its arsenal and rebuffing its efforts to discuss arms control.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 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
It came after Lebanese President Joseph Aoun accused Israel of rebuffing its overtures for diplomacy.
From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2025
By repeatedly rebuffing the friendly advances of her new Wizarding neighbors, she soon ensured that her family was left well alone.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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