Example Sentences

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“It’s all pretext and obfuscation when the real agenda is rejecting conventional science and serving a predetermined anti-vaccine agenda,” Richard Hughes IV, a law professor at George Washington University, told The Guardian.

From Salon • Feb. 13, 2026

"Throughout the world, there's a growing realisation that the way to prosperity for all nations is rejecting protectionist legislation and promoting fair and free competition."

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2025

Busta Rhymes is rejecting claims leveled against him in a lawsuit filed this week by a former assistant, calling it an “attempted shake-down.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2025

"If AustralianSuper is rejecting it, the likelihood of the deal going ahead is very low," said Jamie Hannah, deputy head of investments and capital markets at VanEck, which owns a 0.3% stake in Origin.

From Reuters • Nov. 2, 2023

In the ranks near Charlie a disarray continues even after Kincaid has got the battered Mandeville again into the saddle, and while Mandeville is rejecting sympathy with a begrimed yet haughty smile.

From Kincaid's Battery by Kimball, Alonzo