refuse
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"We are not looking to ask anyone to leave a pub if they go against the ruling, but it is an option for managers if they refuse to do so," the company said.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 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
But they did not plead the Fifth, opting instead to refuse to appear.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
After the player made contact with the refuse company, the bin lorry was located before its contents were compacted for disposal.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
I refuse to look at her, bolting out of the room before she’s even gathered her things together.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
Mr. Warsh resolutely refuses to be goaded into making news at post-FOMC press conferences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Related: ‘I don’t have money to pay for a death certificate’: My sister refuses to probate my father’s estate.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
He admits it's dangerous, but he still refuses to apologise.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
But after a familiar setup, the movie stubbornly refuses to go in compelling new directions or offer fresh observations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Sausun refuses to ride in a "stunted car like Aliya's."
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
Kant later clarified that he had not refused to hear the petition and only asked for it to be filed in a proper manner.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Despite their hardships, they refused to compromise or mold themselves into someone else’s narrow, antiquated vision.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
The court in late June also refused to hear Trump's appeal against the original May 2023 verdict.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
The ‘Country Hicks’ who refused $26 million from an AI data center.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
At first the fire in the birch-bark roll refused to wake up, even when he blew on it coaxingly, and Renn fed it morsels of tinder warmed in her hands.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
The insurance company is refusing to cover any additional repairs, claiming that the previous roof repair was done improperly and needs to be completely replaced.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
I ended up leaving with the Hotel Mar-a-Lago shirt, which Bill insisted I take as a souvenir of my visit, refusing my money when I pulled out my wallet.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
The person was “armed” with a large flagpole and an unknown cylindrical object, the chief said, and was taken into custody after refusing officers’ commands to drop the items.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Alan Murray recently wrote here about America’s century-old companies that have survived by refusing to “let their past be an anchor.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
I stayed silent in Wynn’s truck all the way to town, a lump in my throat, refusing to say a word.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
Vocabulary lists containing refuse
"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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"All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury
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