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been spurned
verb
To reject disdainfully; contemn; scorn.
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These have been spurned.
That advice has been spurned.
It could merely indicate that the alternatives have been spurned.
One reason, of course, is that Mr Abe's overtures have been spurned elsewhere.
James refused to engage, and Stephenson looked, for a moment, as if he had been spurned.
She could have flunked her dance assessment and been spurned by Mitchell in episode two.
Unilever has continued to press the Bestfoods board to hold talks, though those requests have been spurned.
Now, having been spurned by voters for perhaps a final time, she has fully internalized a kind of nihilistic misogyny.
Having been spurned by the Lakers, the completely unfounded Phil Jachattero-thasClippers chalreadyas already begun.
MCI's board rejected a 15% higher offer of $9.8 billion from Qwest the fourth time that a bid from Qwest had been spurned in three months.
Mr. McDonald has also been spurned by Republican committees in Malta and Halfmoon, though they have not endorsed an alternative candidate, The Troy Record reported.
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