refuse to recognize
Example Sentences
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When workers give their boss signed union cards showing a majority of them want to form a union, refuse to recognize or bargain with the union.
From Slate • Oct. 2, 2023
We refuse to recognize it because it would require us to look in the mirror.
From Salon • Aug. 18, 2022
But plenty of Westerners still refuse to recognize that distinction, and company lawyers worried that Russia wouldn’t, either.
From The Verge • May 12, 2022
If leaders refuse to recognize that public opinion has changed, the party is unlikely to win in the next election.
From Textbooks • Jul. 28, 2021
Nor should any of us, who have been a little more favored with this world's goods, refuse to recognize good in those not possessed of equal possessions.
From Successward A Young Man's Book for Young Men by Bok, Edward W.