refusal
Example Sentences
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The statue is as much a monument to Jones’ self-confidence and refusal to quit as it is to his stellar playing career.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
She bristled at his refusal to plan for the time when he was no longer in charge.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
At that stage, Strategy was sitting on unrealized losses of almost $5 billion and despite public displays of bravura and a refusal to contemplate selling, the pressure on Strategy’s stock price was relentless.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026
Resistance has taken many forms, from the Whiskey Rebellion of the 1790s to Thoreau’s refusal to pay taxes on moral grounds to the 1,400 elected officials who have signed Grover Norquist’s antitax pledge.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
President Harry S. Truman, Stimson observed with relief, accepted his new responsibility “with the same fine spirit that Senator Truman had shown before in accepting our refusal to inform him.”
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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