refuse
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What happens if the tenants refuse to move?
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
And it should be understood that if insurers refuse to cover claims, the individual who caused the collision may be personally responsible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Sheriff’s deputies then help oversee the removal of encampments, and people who refuse to vacate after being offered services could be subject to arrest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
At the same time the constitutional authority found that certain provisions of the legislation required clarification, including the so-called conscience clause, which allows healthcare professionals to refuse to take part in the procedure.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
“But the Afterlife has led me here to offer you another chance. If you come, you will become an Usher of wandering souls. If you refuse this calling, you will die.”
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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“There’s a generation in San Francisco that refuses to relinquish what the historic San Francisco is,” said Bobby Niers, a startup entrepreneur who has worked in the real-estate industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Nicholas Modaressi says his dad, who grew up in Iran, refuses to get his genetics tested.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
When Stewart pressed her on the president’s fixation, Collins defended her record, emphasizing that she refuses to serve only one political audience.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
‘I get $1,460 in Social Security’: My millionaire ex-husband, 74, refuses to pay alimony.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 25, 2026
Sausun refuses to ride in a "stunted car like Aliya's."
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
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In California, Prince Harry could be treated as a faraway problem and was largely ignored by palace courtiers, who routinely refused to comment on the verbal grenades launched by the man fifth-in-line for the throne.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
But he once told AFP he systematically refused contract pie attacks, even when offered "a lot of money" to target A-listers Sharon Stone and Catherine Deneuve at the Cannes Film Festival.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
Colorado health officials wanted to investigate a tuberculosis case at the Aurora ICE Processing Center near Denver, but have been refused entry and records.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
If my daughter had children and refused to let me see them, I’d handwrite a letter to each grandchild every birthday and/or holiday.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
She refused her supper and instead demanded a particular type of marzipan that Mrs. Clarke had to send the young houseboy, Jasper, scurrying all over London to find.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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The Netherlands, Iceland, Spain, Ireland and Slovenia all pulled out of the contest -- with the latter three refusing to broadcast the show at all.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
In an earlier prosecution, in November 2021, Ms. Chow wouldn’t plead guilty to protest-related charges, refusing to “trade my honesty for freedom.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Columbia House drew further claims of bad business by allegedly refusing to acknowledge payments, discounting items so that users’ purchases fell just below the agreed-upon threshold and being a notoriously difficult subscription to terminate.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026
Plummer’s Getty is imperious and withholding, refusing to pay the ransom for his kidnapped grandson and seemingly puzzled that anyone would expect him to.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
He saw now how that had served him: In refusing to defend himself, he’d failed to defend Deadwood.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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