declined
Example Sentences
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At one point, according to the documents, an ICE agent asked a Southwest employee for their name for an investigation, but the airline employee declined.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Airline employees cited policies about disclosing passenger information when they declined to share it with ICE, and wouldn’t let law enforcement view a computer screen as passengers boarded, the documents showed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
When the BBC asked the Taliban's director for sports, Ahmadullah Wasiq, about Fifa backing the women's team, he declined to comment.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
“Application volume for both refinance and purchase loans declined for the week, and are now running behind last year’s pace,” Fratantoni said, “indicating that higher mortgage rates have weakened overall demand.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
When I asked him once if he wanted to see the proposal that was circulated to publishers, he declined.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
