rejecting

Example Sentences

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The Dutch AEX slid 0.3%, with Universal Music Group down 1.6% after rejecting an approach from Pershing Square.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

UN rights chief Volker Turk said this month he was "deeply concerned" by a Cambodian court rejecting Kem Sokha's appeal against his treason sentence on April 30.

From Barron's • May 25, 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

But the instant I stepped inside, I knew this was a place that represented everything Rain and I were rejecting by living at Garland.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman