refused
Example Sentences
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In California, Prince Harry could be treated as a faraway problem and was largely ignored by palace courtiers, who routinely refused to comment on the verbal grenades launched by the man fifth-in-line for the throne.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
His mother refused to sign a permission slip for him to play football.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
In March, the government broke off its contracts with Anthropic and designated the company a supply chain risk after it refused to grant the military unfettered access to its AI models.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
If my daughter had children and refused to let me see them, I’d handwrite a letter to each grandchild every birthday and/or holiday.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
No matter how reassuring her parents were, each time she felt the water around her, she grew fearful and refused to let go of the side of the pool.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
