refuse to recognize

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Some of those laws also refuse to recognize out-of-state subpoenas or to cooperate with out-of-state investigations.

From Washington Post • Mar. 30, 2023

We refuse to recognize it because it would require us to look in the mirror.

From Salon • Aug. 18, 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

But many child welfare agencies don’t know that— or refuse to recognize the data.

From The Verge • Mar. 25, 2016

At an assembly of the clergy held in Paris in 1398 it was resolved to refuse to recognize the authority of Benedict XIII., who succeeded Clement VII. as schismatic pope at Avignon.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" by Various