refuse to recognize

Example Sentences

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When workers give their boss signed union cards showing a majority of them want to form a union, refuse to recognize or bargain with the union.

From Slate • Oct. 2, 2023

We refuse to recognize it because it would require us to look in the mirror.

From Salon • Aug. 18, 2022

If leaders refuse to recognize that public opinion has changed, the party is unlikely to win in the next election.

From Textbooks • Jul. 28, 2021

It will only get worse as long as judges and antitrust regulators refuse to recognize that it is no longer sufficient to look at existing competition in reviewing a merger or joint venture.

From Washington Post • Apr. 25, 2018

And Europe, too, will refuse to recognize us.

From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by Jones, John Beauchamp