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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of refuse.

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Examples

  • The exchange was merry, till one girl, a tall newcomer, refused my card, —refused it peremptorily, with a glance.

    I. Of Our Spiritual Strivings. William Edward Burghardt 1903

  • Bobby Jindal, the offensive Republican governor of Louisiana just refused, yes * refused* to accept $90 billion in federal stimulus funds.

    BlogHer 2009

  • Bobby Jindal, the offensive Republican governor of Louisiana just refused, yes * refused* to accept $90 billion in federal stimulus funds.

    BlogHer 2009

  • A Sony Music office in Mexico has been raided after the label refused to hand over the recordings of one of Latin America's biggest artists, Alejandro Fernández.

    TorrentFreak 2009

  • Cardinals record, his label refused to hide their drawcard.

    FasterLouder.com.au > Your Access All Areas pass to the latest in Australian rock music! News, Reviews, Photos, Forums and more 2008

  • The quotations here don’t make it clear, but the label refused to promote the record and video over this — the label deemed her “uncommercial” because of her belly.

    A REBELLYON AGAINST ROADRUNNER » Sociological Images 2008

  • Notably, Agent Cain refused to answer whether the excerpts in the affidavit put events in ‘the proper context’ (Tr. 293) or whether he has learned anything in the seven weeks since he signed the affidavit which ‘would make any of the statements in your affidavit untrue?’

    Due Process for Blago: What It Means 2009

  • Back on the witness stand this afternoon for nearly an hour, former Congressman Gary Condit once again refused to answer questions about the nature of his relationship with Chandra Levy, except to say that she was a "friend"

    Condit takes the stand in Levy case Henri Cauvin 2010

  • Back on the witness stand this afternoon for nearly an hour, former Congressman Gary Condit once again refused to answer questions about the nature of his relationship with Chandra Levy, except to say that she was a "friend."

    The Crime Scene: Condit -- "We were just friends" Henri Cauvin 2010

  • Notably, Agent Cain refused to answer whether the excerpts in the affidavit put events in ‘the proper context’ (Tr. 293) or whether he has learned anything in the seven weeks since he signed the affidavit which ‘would make any of the statements in your affidavit untrue?’

    Illinois Politics 2010

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