refuse
Example Sentences
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Still, through it all, some Walterboro residents refuse to join the mob now casting stones at a woman they have known since she was a girl.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
While your mother’s bank may decide to redact certain sensitive transaction details, it cannot refuse to disclose all accounting.
From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026
These cells -- often called "zombie cells" -- stop dividing but refuse to die off normally.
From Science Daily • May 15, 2026
Except, perhaps, Jackson’s most enthusiastic fans who refuse to believe Safechuck and Robson.
From Salon • May 14, 2026
I will do as he says, but I still refuse to believe we will be successful.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
Vocabulary lists containing refuse
"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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"The Civil Rights Movement"
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"All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury
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