refuse to recognize

Example Sentences

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Some of those laws also refuse to recognize out-of-state subpoenas or to cooperate with out-of-state investigations.

From Washington Post • Mar. 30, 2023

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

From Salon • Aug. 18, 2022

But plenty of Westerners still refuse to recognize that distinction, and company lawyers worried that Russia wouldn’t, either.

From The Verge • May 12, 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

I told him that his daughter could never care for me, and that even if you should sign the petition I would refuse to recognize his authority in trying to compel her to marry me.

From Old Ebenezer by Read, Opie Percival