Sentence examples for rebuffed arguments from inspiring English sources

The prime minister rebuffed arguments from Stone about the negative impact on non-intervention in the Shepparton region.

After a three-year study, the academy's Institute of Medicine rebuffed arguments by members of Congress from states like Minnesota and Iowa who say Medicare has shortchanged their health care providers for decades.

The Associated Press said Mr Carter's decision rebuffed arguments from the Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman that the Marine Corps should be allowed to exclude women from certain front-line combat jobs, citing studies showing that mixed-gender units are not as capable as all-male units.

At the same time, officials said, it rebuffs arguments by Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. to pull out troops more quickly.

But as recently as last year, the I.R.S. rebuffed those arguments.

But he rebuffed city arguments that general information gathered about an organization would necessarily jeopardize confidential police matters.

The IPCC also rebuffed the argument made by climate sceptics that a "pause" for the last 10-15 years in the upward climb of global temperatures was evidence of flaws in their computer models.

Rowling rebuffed this argument, writing in a Twitlonger post that the book's moral heart lies in the character of Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore (right), who went to a windy hilltop to meet Death Eater – and potential double agent – Professor Snape, despite knowing the decision might lead to his death.

The defense argued that the Council lacked standing to bring the suit; Combs rebuffed this argument and cited statistics that ranked Kentucky as the most illiterate state in the nation to show how inequitable financing had adversely affected the state's students.

Successive Zambian governments made promises, then failed to honour the deal for the kingdom to enjoy autonomy, systematically ignoring and rebuffing all arguments to the contrary.

Dr John Adey Christow, Devon The Guardian's good coverage of Pope Francis's encyclical (Francis issues passionate call for action on climate change, 19 June; Analysis, 19 June; Editorial, 19 June) missed a crucial theological point that could prove vital in rebuffing the arguments of climate sceptics and those with vested interests.