demurral
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Or a polite demurral by the adult in the room?
From Slate • Jan. 20, 2025
“I would be much quicker to question His Divinity if he stated, ‘Yes, I am God,’” a contributor to an online Rastafari forum wrote about Selassie’s demurral.
From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2021
It’s easy to see that attitude as standard executive demurral.
From The Verge • Jan. 4, 2019
Cordially, Robert Moses This was no ordinary demurral over a book’s merits.
From The Guardian • Apr. 28, 2016
But the magistrate seemed uninterested in both my evidence and the prosecutor’s demurral.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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