refuse
Example Sentences
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Still, through it all, some Walterboro residents refuse to join the mob now casting stones at a woman they have known since she was a girl.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
It can, however, refuse to provide full transaction-level detail, but it should provide a date‑of‑death balance and a written explanation of any adjustments, pending transactions and/or fees that affected the payout.
From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026
Tanner added some suppliers may refuse to do it, and some producers in "fine wine areas" of France "won't put barcodes on their product anyway".
From BBC • May 18, 2026
These cells -- often called "zombie cells" -- stop dividing but refuse to die off normally.
From Science Daily • May 15, 2026
Pavlov said that Fischer’s “tantrums” were an insult to the World Champion, who had every legal and moral right to refuse to meet Fischer.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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Vocabulary lists containing refuse
"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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"All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury
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