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Before carving out a career in sports broadcasting and voice acting, Horton was just a teenaged high school basketball reject.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

It was brave, as a 17-year-old, to reject Manchester City and move to a new country, but the young winger was vindicated with rapid progress at Dortmund.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Charging-station availability was the leading reason for consumers to reject EVs this year, according to a May survey from JD Power, followed closely by charging speed.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

For banks with massive balance sheets such as JPMorgan, private-credit firms can present an opportunity to expand the credit box, approving people with lower credit scores or other characteristics that the bank would normally reject.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Others said they reject violence entirely, or they are only willing to use it in self-defense.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman

"Etihad categorically rejects any finding, conclusion or implication that suggests the airline has ever been involved in improper commercial arrangements," an Etihad spokesperson said in a statement.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

The UAE's state-owned national airline said "it categorically rejects any finding, conclusion or implication that suggests the airline has ever been involved in improper commercial arrangements".

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

She supports equipping immigrant agents with training to enforce the law professionally and rejects enforcement tactics that “undermine public trust and confidence in our institutions.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

"Etihad categorically rejects any finding, conclusion or implication that suggests the airline has ever been involved in improper commercial arrangements," an Etihad spokesperson said in a statement released late Wednesday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

It seemed to give the journey a design, and everything in the world must have design or the human mind rejects it.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

Shiloh rejected suggestions she was spreading harmful misinformation, describing herself as a human rights advocate.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

MPs rejected the first decree by 178 votes to 172 and voted against the second by 184 to 166.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

On Tuesday, the justices rejected a different appeal from Pike.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

That included Gov. Bill Lee, who in the days before Pike’s execution rejected her clemency bid.

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026

For the most part, scholars in recent years have been reluctant to adopt the term ‘the Scientific Revolution’, and many have explicitly rejected it.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Asked about the impact of AI, she said she believed the industry was doing a "really great job" at rejecting it, because players hated it.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

TikTok has questioned the actor's "national fame", rejecting his accusations that the account was free-riding on a well-known brand in a violation of Japan's unfair competition prevention laws.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

But for me, moderation in pursuit of health was no virtue, and extremism in rejecting junk was no vice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

The Chinese government is also rejecting any idea of a slowdown.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

Even my head was rejecting what had happened.

From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy