refuse
Example Sentences
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The camera and cutting pace refuse to relax.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2026
It has also promised that NHS staff who refuse to engage with upcoming maternity reviews will be compelled to give evidence or face up to two years in prison.
From BBC • Jun. 24, 2026
Fernando, in true writer form, smirks when asked about being at the Ateneo and does his best Groucho Marx, “I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member.”
From Salon • Jun. 23, 2026
President William Ruto previously said it would be "unfortunate" to refuse the request for the quarantine centre after decades of US health assistance.
From Barron's • Jun. 23, 2026
“Don’t refuse something like that,” he said to her emphatically.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Vocabulary lists containing refuse
"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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"The Civil Rights Movement"
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"All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury
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