Resist or confront with resistance.
Elude, especially in a baffling way.
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Examples for "refuse "
Examples for "refuse "
1 We absolutely refuse to be involved in the crisis in any way.
2 The amendment would also allow parliament to refuse to accept any agreement.
3 Veto powers Russia and China refuse to condemn Assad or support sanctions.
4 It was a direct question, however, and he couldn't refuse to respond.
5 I simply refuse to believe any of this is actually taking place.
1 Patients need new options because HIV can mutate to resist existing treatments.
2 This year has deepened my understanding of our collective responsibility to resist .
3 But America cannot resist this transition; we must lead it, he said.
4 Local brand names are also known to resist foreign control, analysts said.
5 However, others seem keen to resist such a change in church teaching.
1 Then consider the Scottish National party, which continues to defy political logic.
2 Asset prices often do strange things in ways that defy rational explanation.
3 Human rights groups, however, were outraged that Bashir could openly defy arrest.
4 The new London School of Economics student centre seems to defy gravity.
5 Petraeus said they did not have to defy all those risk factors.
6 Such verbal gymnastics defy common sense, even if HMRC has been satisfied.
7 I believe that I could defy all the Tirettas in the world.
8 The one will taunt, the other defy ; one aggresses, the other retaliates.
9 But courts have never given presidents absolute authority to defy congressional subpoenas.
10 Then she came to a lad whose work appeared to defy description.
11 The joint interest of the Earl and the Mowbrays would defy opposition.
12 For a moment he thought the maester was going to defy him.
13 Many defy curfews in several cities, but the demonstrations are largely peaceful.
14 The complicated headdress and the ornaments on the robes utterly defy description.
15 This summer, however, the now 22-year-old is starting to defy that reputation.
16 It empowered individuals to defy authority when it crossed a certain line.
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