spurned
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Spurned Spinoffs: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman discussed spinning out the company’s robotics and consumer-hardware divisions late last year, a move intended to give them more room to grow without weighing down the core business.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026
Spurned by its mother, Punch was raised in an artificial environment after being born in July, and began training to rejoin his troop earlier this year.
From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026
Spurned lovers, angry spouses, and jealous partners also weaponized that law for their own purposes.
From Slate • Sep. 5, 2025
Spurned by Rivian, GM turned its attention to two far shakier startups Shortly after that, GM announced a deal with hydrogen electric trucking startup Nikola, which had a pickup truck project of its own.
From The Verge • Sep. 19, 2021
He thought to shape his writings into verse, He pruned them down to language fixed and terse, But finding that would give his tricks no play, Spurned his reserve, and tried another way.
From Provocations by Bristowe, Sibyl
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