rejecting

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The point of no return was 1915, when Duchamp, altogether rejecting art’s traditional role as aesthetic creation—metamorphosis—brought that snow shovel and hung it from his studio ceiling as “In Advance of the Broken Arm.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

The majority dismissed Hamm as improvidently granted, sparing the life of the defendant, Joseph Smith, and rejecting Alabama’s request for freer rein to execute intellectually disabled people.

From Slate • May 23, 2026

“If the people that sit inches from her are rejecting her candidacy, that should speak volumes to every other voter in the city.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

He attacks women who use Tylenol during pregnancy, rejecting all medical experts who say it’s safe.

From Salon • May 18, 2026

She’d kept trying to win the man’s heart, but he kept rejecting her.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman