rebuff

Example Sentences

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They are seen as North Korea's latest rebuff of South Korea's peace overtures, according to analysts.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

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

Not only did the University of California regents rebuff the stadium bid, they also decreed that no structure built on the Drake Stadium footprint could later be enlarged into a football stadium.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025

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

Camilla brightened when Miss Pocket met with this rebuff; and she murmured, as she plaintively contemplated Miss Havisham, “Poor dear soul! Certainly not to be expected to look well, poor thing. The idea!”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens