refuse to accept
Example Sentences
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But I can refuse to accept whatever number comes on the bottom of the bill.
From Slate • Apr. 25, 2026
These are, in the words of Gen Z Jeong Ju-eun, people "trying too hard to look young", who "refuse to accept that time has passed".
From BBC • Jan. 17, 2026
If you are worried that the odds of besting a system so ridiculously rigged are impossible, yet refuse to accept that nothing can be done, these stories may have spoken to you.
From Salon • Dec. 29, 2025
They refuse to accept the infirmities of previous generations without a struggle.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025
Apart from their fatigue and malnourishment, it was evident they had seen something that plagued their minds, something that we would refuse to accept if they told us all of it.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
