refusal to pay
Example Sentences
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Resistance has taken many forms, from the Whiskey Rebellion of the 1790s to Thoreau’s refusal to pay taxes on moral grounds to the 1,400 elected officials who have signed Grover Norquist’s antitax pledge.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
The administration’s refusal to pay, in continued defiance of Judge Ali’s orders, is what prompted Ali to issue his final order including a payment deadline.
From Salon • Mar. 9, 2025
A lawyer for the county likens the county’s refusal to pay for Lange’s surgery to its refusal to pay for hearing aids or lap band surgery for weight reduction.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 14, 2023
Its members proposed continued nonviolent disobedience and boycotts against British goods, along with a refusal to pay certain taxes.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
There are several parties opposed to him, and these united in obtaining, from the diet, a refusal to pay the Saxon troops Augustus had brought with him.
From A Jacobite Exile Being the Adventures of a Young Englishman in the Service of Charles the Twelfth of Sweden by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
