refuse to recognize

Example Sentences

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

From Salon • Aug. 18, 2022

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

But many child welfare agencies don’t know that— or refuse to recognize the data.

From The Verge • Mar. 25, 2016

If not, the State granting the divorce did not have the authority to do so, and another State can refuse to recognize it.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2016

And Europe, too, will refuse to recognize us.

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