rejection
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Research over the last several years has shown that engagement metrics such as like counts can drive feelings of rejection and depression, external in teenagers.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Couples in that first wave of litigation across the country met with rejection in every court they turned to.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had yet to comment on the proposal by Friday afternoon, but several Israeli officials expressed skepticism if not outright rejection of the proposal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Araki posits that it’s fear holding people back; not just the fear of rejection, but a broader fear of the unknown.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026
She wouldn't have wanted to chance a rejection.
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
Despite rejections from Uefa and Concacaf, Fifa initially vowed to continue with its proposals on Friday, saying "nobody is selling football".
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Outright rejections are rare, though in 2021 another U.K. digital bank, Monzo, withdrew an application after the regulator said approval was unlikely.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
While this policy remains largely in place, tour agencies in the Central Asian nation have noticed a recent decrease in visa rejections and this year authorities announced plans to expand the tourism sector.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
UniCredit has used derivatives to quietly build its position and brushed off repeated rejections of the deal from German bankers and officials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
I would absorb such rejections and keep on looking, because for some reason the scholarship society and the athletic league and the yearbook staff didn’t satisfy me, were never quite enough.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
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