rejection
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BBC analysis of US State Department data found that the visa rejection rate for citizens of 11 of the 48 countries that have qualified for the World Cup was higher than 40%.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
“Another Dimension” is his answer to the years of rejection, pain and incandescent ire, but transmuted into a vibrant, avant-garde, genre-defying gaping wound found within 11 tight tracks.
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026
I want to get into changing the conversation, but curious, is a reluctance to do so driven by a fear of rejection?
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
Marty Makary resigned earlier this month as FDA commissioner after the agency’s rejection of treatments for rare and debilitating diseases sparked anger among patients, doctors and Members of Congress.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
Nature seemed to me benign and good; I thought she loved me, outcast as I was; and I, who from man could anticipate only mistrust, rejection, insult, clung to her with filial fondness.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Vocabulary lists containing rejection
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
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