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All of those overtures have been rebuffed by Warner Discovery, according to people familiar with the matter.

Warner has received and rebuffed three bids from rival Paramount Skydance, The Wall Street Journal recently reported.

The Commerce Department rebuffed the report in a statement to Barron’s.

Asked why she had not rebuffed her lover's suggestion, Michelle Mills told police she "did not want to lose him".

That means economic reform is stalled, and the National Assembly already has rebuffed ever so modest gestures toward spending restraint.