Example Sentences

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"They've been rejecting people over the past three to four months," he says, adding that he doesn't know of a single supporter who has received a visa.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

With Dataland, Refik and Erkılıç have constructed a conceptual defense against contemporary cultural anxieties, rejecting the narrative of machine versus human to reframe artificial intelligence as a mirror reflecting civilization.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

The point of no return was 1915, when Duchamp, altogether rejecting art’s traditional role as aesthetic creation—metamorphosis—brought that snow shovel and hung it from his studio ceiling as “In Advance of the Broken Arm.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

UN rights chief Volker Turk said this month he was "deeply concerned" by a Cambodian court rejecting Kem Sokha's appeal against his treason sentence on April 30.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

I have known desert men who chose their places with quiet and slow passion, rejecting the nervousness of a watered world.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck