rebuff
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Cyrille Bollore, chief executive of top UMG shareholder the Bollore Group BOL 0.83%increase; green up pointing triangle , had urged the company to rebuff the offer, arguing that Ackman’s proposal undervalued it.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
They are seen as North Korea's latest rebuff of South Korea's peace overtures, according to analysts.
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 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
“Males don’t live very long, and females often aggressively rebuff potential mates, so small or weak males may never successfully reproduce,” Yanega added.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2025
My father listened, and afterward reflected deeply, seemingly trying to find a way to rebuff my mother’s claims.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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