spurn
Example Sentences
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At Anthropic, Rao has chosen to raise less money than is available and to spurn the highest valuations offered.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
During 40 years of wars in southern Sudan, Darfur and elsewhere, this mindset has meant that Sudan's leaders spurn formulas for peace offered by mediators.
From BBC • Nov. 28, 2025
Every chicken breast and milk carton you spurn lowers the demand on industries responsible for egregious environmental harm – and spares countless animal lives from needless suffering.
From Salon • Jan. 23, 2024
Portland Public Schools teachers were poised Tuesday to spurn a last-ditch offer from the district, launching a strike starting Wednesday that would shutter all 81 schools.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 1, 2023
That she would spurn me for leaving her alone in the woods.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
Vocabulary lists containing spurn
Dissed List: Breakup Words for Valentine's Day
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Grade 11, List 4
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"Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" by Patrick Henry (1775)
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