Sentence examples for rebuff the idea from inspiring English sources

Perhaps President Obama and Hillary Clinton assume such a position with a genuine, complex belief that the death penalty is justified, or perhaps it stems from an effort to rebuff the idea that those on the left are soft on crime.

Each survey he cited showed him doing even better than Clinton against a Republican opponent like Donald Trump or Ted Cruz, helping to rebuff the idea that he's not viable in a general election.

Mr. Greenspan rebuffed the idea.

An administration official said today that Mr. Castro rebuffed the idea.

The company's executives rebuffed the idea, arguing that RIM was on the verge of a turnaround.

It rebuffs the idea that Pfizer's "final" £55 per share offer could somehow be improved (as some shareholders hope).

Then the cost overrun was announced, and Gazprom squealed.Sergei Kuprianov, Gazprom's spokesman, rebuffs the idea that the company and the government are in cahoots.

Lincoln thus rebuffed the idea of conquering and colonizing Canadians and Mexicans in favor of building a new nation to the Pacific.

WHEN Hugo Chávez first proposed abolishing a clause in the constitution he himself had sponsored which limits the president to two consecutive terms Venezuelans rebuffed the idea.

Nora had contemplated reburying Joyce's body on native soil — he had been buried in Zurich during the Second World War — but Irish officials rebuffed the idea.

One other major studio, Warner Brothers, has already rebuffed the idea of working with the boutique studio, according to a senior executive at Time Warner.