Example Sentences

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The boats were rejecting commands and were unable to reliably maneuver away from other traffic, prompting a safety stand-down, according to people familiar with the exercise.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

"I mean, I have never — and I was reassured to see that even people on the right, people were rejecting whatever it was that they were trying to convey about women's place."

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2024

Surveys of under-18s suggested they were rejecting the idea of using vapes as resolutely as they had been turning away from smoking.

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2023

In Lagos, some shops were rejecting old banknotes at the weekend in anticipation of the deadline.

From Reuters • Jan. 28, 2023

But the instant I stepped inside, I knew this was a place that represented everything Rain and I were rejecting by living at Garland.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman