rebuffed
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Acton has said the last time she saw her mother was in the courtroom after her stepfather was charged, when her mother rebuffed her kiss.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
On the Avio earnings call, Ranzo said that customers rebuffed by SpaceX used the recent International Space Summit in Paris to lobby European officials to encourage them to buy locally.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 20, 2026
To date, Mexican officials have rebuffed a Justice Department request that Rocha Moya, 77, be detained pending his extradition to the United States.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
The military’s missing-persons committee wrote to the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross asking the organization to visit the pilots after saying its own efforts have been rebuffed by Qatar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
As a protective mechanism, I developed a terse, cynical mode of speech that rebuffed those who sought to get too close to me.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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