rejected

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But Sheriff Tim Niven-Smith rejected Belov's claim of self-defence and said the girls' evidence had been "eloquent."

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

That request has been rejected by Natural England, which says the area's environment is still going downhill.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

In a 1997 speech in China, he spoke out against the Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement to set global emission-reduction targets that the U.S. eventually rejected.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

As of last month, according to Yahoo Sports, more than $125 million worth of NIL compensation that had been promised to athletes had been rejected by the clearinghouse or was still under review.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

The governor rejected Nichols’s final appeal, saying, “Let the law take its course.”

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann