refuse
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What happens if the tenants refuse to move?
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
Most of the time, he added, the person standing would refuse instructions from the cast members to sit back down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
And it should be understood that if insurers refuse to cover claims, the individual who caused the collision may be personally responsible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
And even when it is offered, most refuse it as they see accepting it as giving recognition and legitimacy to the loss of what they see as their patrimony.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Watching her, Molly felt something squeeze in her chest and refuse to let go.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
However, Kevin’s tenacious new client Wile E. Coyote refuses to settle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
But Ren said there are nights when his daughter refuses to sleep and tells him she's scared.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Mr. Warsh resolutely refuses to be goaded into making news at post-FOMC press conferences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Nicholas Modaressi says his dad, who grew up in Iran, refuses to get his genetics tested.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
During the exodus, she misplaces her shawl and refuses to let anyone wait for her while she searches for it, waving them away into the night.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
Although Dolly famously refused to be overtly political, her values were clear.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
An examination by Sweet's own vet confirmed the diagnosis but when she told Hopkins, she said she refused to honour the six-month warranty.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Since then, the country has refused to honor them.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
But he once told AFP he systematically refused contract pie attacks, even when offered "a lot of money" to target A-listers Sharon Stone and Catherine Deneuve at the Cannes Film Festival.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
We’re new to the babysitting business, and if experienced sitters have refused to work with these kids, that’s not a great sign.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
They include the "Tong Ji", which circled Taiwan in May, tracking the edge of the island's restricted waters and refusing the coast guard's orders to leave.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
The England international did not feature in Aston Villa's opening weekend defeat by Brighton on Sunday, with manager Unai Emery refusing to guarantee the forward would stay at Villa Park.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Columbia House drew further claims of bad business by allegedly refusing to acknowledge payments, discounting items so that users’ purchases fell just below the agreed-upon threshold and being a notoriously difficult subscription to terminate.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 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
He could often be found baling hay and chopping wood at his country home on Long Island, refusing to let any physical limitations get in his way.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
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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