rebuff

Example Sentences

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The board’s decision to rebuff Paramount is the latest development in the fight for the future of Warner.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

And those limits create a “judicial responsibility” for courts to rebuff the president when he deploys the Guard “in a situation far divorced” from what Congress envisioned.

From Slate • Oct. 21, 2025

They might look to King Charles as their head of state, and head of the Commonwealth too, to strongly speak up for them and to rebuff such expansionist claims from the US president.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2025

Anyway, it’s questionable whether the Senate could legally rebuff the governor’s call for a special session.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2024

I said at last after a direct rebuff, “Harth, I’ve said something wrong again, please tell me what it is.”

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin