refusal
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Yet alongside that financial retreat, though, there is a more aesthetic refusal taking shape.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
Paralleling the pair’s different formations and aesthetic willfulness, the exhibition emphasizes points of overlap and rejection, sympathy and refusal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
Prosecutors argued Linton’s reckless driving was fueled by her refusal to address mental health issues.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
There is a familiar pattern in the refusal to feel shame.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026
Hall, ordinarily extremely slow to rile, flew into a rage when he learned of Woodall’s refusal to cooperate.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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Her doctors responded with the same reassurances about her baby, and the same refusals of her request.
From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026
As catastrophic as the fires were for those who lost everything, people whose homes remain standing have been exasperated by insurance company refusals to cover the removal of lingering hazardous contaminants.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
She also charts instances of plots, poisonings and refusals to work, actions that caused significant upheaval.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026
Asked if a reason was given for the refusals, Ms McLoughlin said "Sometimes he was sleeping, sometimes he just did not want to see us."
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2025
They talk, but only to make ill-tempered demands and cold refusals.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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