Sentence examples for rebuffed this idea from inspiring English sources

Mr. Sharon has rebuffed this idea, insisting that he does not want to "reward" the Palestinians for their acts of violence.

In April 2003, the United Nations requested that its weapons inspectors be allowed back in to Iraq, they, after all, possessed the knowledge and experience to find the WMD; but the Bush Administration firmly rebuffed this idea.

Though his shop is visited by up to three tour buses daily, he rebuffed the idea that this stretch of Calle Ocho has become a facade, like New York City's Little Italy.

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.

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.

Saudi Arabia has rebuffed the idea, given that the country already has the capacity to produce 10.5 million barrels of oil a day and is only pumping 8 million.