Sentence examples for rebuff for from inspiring English sources

Turnbull rejected a question about whether the rebuff for Rudd was, as its essence, a partisan one.

But the results so far from Thursday's vote reveal little enthusiasm for the idea in an embarrassing rebuff for Cameron.

Despite concerns about a possible lower youth rate, trade union leaders were cock-a-hoop yesterday at the public rebuff for Mr Mandelson over his minimum wage intervention.

The choice of the former Prime Minister to detail the devolution plans is a rebuff for Alistair Darling, the head of Better Together, who was mauled by Alex Salmond in a televised debate last week.

To this ethos Mr. Halperin, like the figure on the Heisman Trophy, raises his hand in rebuff: "For all its undeniable benefits, gay pride is now preventing us from knowing ourselves".

In a humiliating rebuff for the Chancellor, his proposals were twice defeated after peers queued up to condemn the measures for hitting the worst-off and attacked the Government for not coming clean in the Tory manifesto about the proposals.

Obama's first efforts to engage China were rebuffed for similar reasons.

President Vladimir Putin has continued his Black Sea vacation, and offers of foreign assistance were rebuffed for days.

It has found itself largely rebuffed, for there are hard differences of strategy and self-interest between the two sides.

Rebuffing for the moment an attempt to stiffen auto safety laws, Congress passed a $58 billion transportation spending bill today.

Air Products and Chemicals, a producer of industrial gases, made an unsolicited $5.1 billion offer on Friday for a rival, Airgas, after having been rebuffed for months.