refuse to recognize
Example Sentences
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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
The warring kingdoms of Westeros refuse to recognize the threat of the White Walkers.
From Slate • Jul. 26, 2017
On the other hand, if we refuse to recognize the advent here of a new category, intelligence becomes an anomaly and mystery deepens into contradiction.
From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Bode, Boyd H.
