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rejection

[ri-jek-shuhn] / rɪˈdʒɛk ʃən /


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She told Lloyd she was once her friend but was met with "blame, rejection and gaslighting" when she tried to "shift blame" on to her husband.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

The second rejection marked the completion of a bearish island reversal, confirmed by a 3% gap down on October 30.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

“Another Dimension” is his answer to the years of rejection, pain and incandescent ire, but transmuted into a vibrant, avant-garde, genre-defying gaping wound found within 11 tight tracks.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

After graduation, I was cast in a “Hannah Montana” episode and did some short films, but there also was rejection, which brought on body dysmorphia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

I called one last time to see if I couldn’t at least get Ted O’Neill to send Jesse a polite rejection.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz




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