refuse
Example Sentences
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Still, through it all, some Walterboro residents refuse to join the mob now casting stones at a woman they have known since she was a girl.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
But it can refuse to add a credit shock on top of an energy shock.
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
Tanner added some suppliers may refuse to do it, and some producers in "fine wine areas" of France "won't put barcodes on their product anyway".
From BBC • May 18, 2026
These cells -- often called "zombie cells" -- stop dividing but refuse to die off normally.
From Science Daily • May 15, 2026
“There is only one answer possible, dear. You could not dare refuse me—for to do so would be to break my heart,” he added, with a warning glance at Penelope.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing refuse
"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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"The Civil Rights Movement"
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"All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury
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