refused
Example Sentences
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Our request to speak to people at the opening ceremony was refused; we were told no media were allowed to enter the settlement today.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
The fees were so steep that other pay-TV providers, including Cox, Dish Network and, for many years, DirecTV, refused to carry the Dodgers channel — leading to one of the longest blackouts in sports TV.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
If my daughter had children and refused to let me see them, I’d handwrite a letter to each grandchild every birthday and/or holiday.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
But authorities there refused to extradite him and let him go, judging that any such Ukrainian attack would have been a legitimate act of war rather than a crime.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
How I refused to make up with Eddie.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
