rejected

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Ousted BP chairman Albert Manifold issued a 769-word rebuttal, claiming he made his own coffee and rejected corporate perks.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

John Swinney has rejected calls for a Holyrood inquiry into former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell, who admitted this week to embezzling more than £400,000 from the party.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

He said that "nobody" including Iran would control the Strait of Hormuz and rejected reports that Iran and the Gulf state of Oman could control a toll system for the waterway.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

The EU's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas rejected the idea immediately: Schröder, she said, would be "sitting on both sides of the table".

From BBC • May 26, 2026

With one hand on a sword and the other outstretched in a gesture of peace, it was a picture of a modest man—not an all-conquering hero—as he rejected calls for a third term in office.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis