refuse to recognize

Example Sentences

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

From Salon • Aug. 18, 2022

But plenty of Westerners still refuse to recognize that distinction, and company lawyers worried that Russia wouldn’t, either.

From The Verge • May 12, 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

Thirty-two states refuse to recognize the Monopoly “Get Out of Jail Free” card, even for misdemeanors.

From Washington Post • Jun. 24, 2021

To which it is open to the apologist of constitutionalism to reply: you cannot participate in the game of party politics and then refuse to recognize the rules of that game.

From The Sacred Egoism of Sinn Féin by Boyd, Ernest Augustus