rejection
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Paralleling the pair’s different formations and aesthetic willfulness, the exhibition emphasizes points of overlap and rejection, sympathy and refusal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
Despite Trump’s rejection of Iran’s latest proposal, indirect diplomacy has not formally ended.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
You are not going to like this answer, but I do wish someone had plainly explained this reality to me when I was younger: There is no way to date without risk or rejection.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
Psychiatry, eye and musculoskeletal conditions were some of the most common reasons for rejection.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
I kept wanting to say something, but didn’t want to risk the rejection if it turned out I wasn’t invited.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
He took these rejections hard at the time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
After 23 years of struggle and 60 rejections, I’d sold a hardcover memoir to Random House that led to a series of books.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
The government had to announce a review in 2024 and since then 884 former members of Afghan special forces, who served alongside UKSF, have since had their rejections overturned.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 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
After all of the recent rejections, this assessment of my potential ignited a spark that I thought had long since been extinguished.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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