dismissed

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Lowe appealed to the government's Planning Inspectorate, but this was dismissed on 23 February 2022.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Barrett dismissed this as “psychoanalysis of Congress” and insisted that courts must look only at the text and ignore legislative history.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

Several employees were later fired and filed complaints with the National Labor Relations Board, which in February dismissed the eight unfair labor charges it had brought against SpaceX, citing jurisdictional issues.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

The Justice companies believe the government’s criminal investigation was based primarily on Fowler’s claims, which Ruby dismissed as the allegations of a “disgruntled” former employee.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

When they dismissed Archimedes as irrelevant they thought common sense was on their side; and their own experience of the world corresponded exactly to their claims.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton