spurn

At Anthropic, Rao has chosen to raise less money than is available and to spurn the highest valuations offered.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

Caleb Williams, the Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback from USC, says he is happy in Chicago a year after he and his father discussed ways to spurn the Bears.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2025

With surprising speed, however, this country’s leaders came to spurn McKinley’s embrace of a colonial empire with its costly, complicated occupation of overseas territories.

From Salon ● Mar. 7, 2025

He still felt he could win and he did not want to spurn the opportunity.

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2024

That she would spurn me for leaving her alone in the woods.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

The story of the first Carthaginian queen, Dido, was co-opted by the Roman poet Virgil, whose hero, Aeneas, spurns her.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026

In the ancient Greek tale of Narcissus, a young hunter, admired for his unmatched beauty, spurns many who love and pursue him.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 16, 2023

Perhaps the most troubling aspect of the plan is that it spurns low-cost solutions that can quickly respond to the homeless crisis with urgency.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2023

Gibson acknowledges that he spurns the typical verse-chorus structures of pop, but he can't exactly explain why.

From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2023

Elsa spurns the tempter away, and Lohengrin, who perceives him at her side, bids him forever begone.

From Stars of the Opera by Wagnalls, Mabel

The announcement comes after North Korea has repeatedly spurned South Korean President Lee Jae Myung's dovish overtures, labelling Seoul its "most hostile" enemy and declaring itself an "irreversible" nuclear state.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

Directors of London-listed DCC, who spurned the bidders’ April approach, said last month that they are “minded to recommend” the higher offer to shareholders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

Despite no organized opposition, a flurry of cities, as well as the editorial board of the Los Angeles Daily News, have loudly spurned the idea, arguing it will make the region even less affordable.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

While big American banks spurned poor, non-English-speaking immigrants, Jarmulowsky welcomed them and soon became a towering figure in the city’s Jewish community.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026

But to abandon Orr’s tent would be to abandon Orr, who would have been spurned and humiliated clannishly by these four simple-minded officers waiting to move in.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

It entered talks with Sweden’s Saab to acquire surveillance aircraft to help detect and deter threats in the Arctic, spurning U.S. suppliers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

The Rams grew nervy, spurning chances to build their lead.

From Barron's ● Jan. 11, 2026

After spurning BHP’s advances last year, Anglo American announced a proposed merger with Canada’s Teck Resources in September that would value the pro forma entity at around $60 billion using today’s share prices.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 24, 2025

Earlier in the afternoon, one speaker had dared to envision college kids spurning the College Democrats and College Republicans, and joining the “College Abundists” instead.

From Slate ● Jun. 9, 2025

Then he leapt forward, spurning the earth, and was gone like the north wind from the mountains.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien