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

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

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

After months of being rebuffed for a mortgage modification — something many troubled homeowners have run into — Mr. Blanco got his monthly payment reduced.

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.

All to apply pressure on Everton for more £ September 2, 2013 10.56pm BST Palace rebuffed for Andrew Johnson And now turn to Stoke's Cameron Jerome.

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

Yet, for a decade, the C.D.C. has rebuffed calls for screening, most recently from a committee of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiologists of America.

For more than four months, Mr. Rosengren and other company officials rebuffed requests for interviews.

Chancellor Gerhard Schröder of Germany has repeatedly rebuffed pleas for special programs to shore up particular industries.

In public, Sri Lanka has firmly rebuffed calls for fresh inquiries.