rebuff
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The head of Universal’s largest shareholder, the Bollore Group, had also urged the company to rebuff the offer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 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
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
Discovery board to rebuff the offer, sources said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 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
New Palace manager Pierre Sage will hope the club rebuffs any potential suitors.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
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
Through Jessica, “Too Much” rebuffs the trope Dunham helped create.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2025
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
Castlelake made a number of approaches for EasyJet, which were rebuffed initially after the carrier accused the US firm of trying to buy it "on the cheap".
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
It also denied reports that Infantino had been rebuffed Monday in efforts to contact Trump for help in saving his presidency.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
When Sandy hired lawyers in 2023, emails viewed by The Wall Street Journal show that some of their attempts to obtain company records were rebuffed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
The overtures have been rebuffed by China, whose nuclear arsenal is much smaller than Russia's but has been rapidly growing.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
Time and again Mr. Muhammad’s teachings were rebuffed and even ridiculed.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
After rebuffing Pfizer’s $120 billion takeover bid in 2014, he steadily transformed AstraZeneca into one of the drug industry’s top growth stories.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
American Airlines late Friday took the unusual step of rebuffing a merger before it was even made.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 20, 2026
His way of impatiently rebuffing Salome’s inappropriate advances is to give her singing lessons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026
YouTube, meanwhile, has likened itself to television during the trial, rebuffing the idea of equating it with online social media platforms.
From Barron's ● Mar. 12, 2026
He was angry with Desdemona for rebuffing him and he was angry at himself for being angry at her, because he knew she was right.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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