refusal
Example Sentences
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In one case, the refusal of Homeland Security officials to back down may cause video footage that further undercuts their narrative to become public.
From Los Angeles Times
His refusal to be vaccinated against Covid proved costly -- he was deported from Melbourne on the eve of the 2022 Australian Open.
From Barron's
The poet in Mr. Chiasson chooses to see this “refusal to interfere” as “itself a kind of participation”—even a blessing.
Protesters and activists have also described a pattern of refusal by the authorities to hand over the bodies of those killed to their families.
From BBC
She also charts instances of plots, poisonings and refusals to work, actions that caused significant upheaval.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
