refusal

Gallant’s refusal to grovel is the correct answer — the only answer.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

“When parents refuse to hold their children accountable and that refusal to parent results in unspeakable tragedy,” Spitzer said, “then I have no choice but to hold parents accountable.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

They have first refusal rather than a guaranteed, pre-set buy-back, but there remains a feeling Boro are enjoying Lankshear while they can.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Yet alongside that financial retreat, though, there is a more aesthetic refusal taking shape.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

Piano lessons became epic and trying, largely due to my refusal to follow the prescribed method and Robbie’s refusal to see anything good in my freewheeling approach to her songbook.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Her doctors responded with the same reassurances about her baby, and the same refusals of her request.

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026

As catastrophic as the fires were for those who lost everything, people whose homes remain standing have been exasperated by insurance company refusals to cover the removal of lingering hazardous contaminants.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

Now, I ache a little when I think about those refusals.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026

Markus Lammert, European Commission Spokesperson for Internal Affairs, says 23m entries and exits have already been registered under EES, and there have been 12,000 refusals of entry.

From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2026

Even after two millennia, the contempt implicit in these linguistic refusals is palpable.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro