Rebuffed

After the court was forced into the increasingly nasty power struggle between Nickles and Thomas (D-Ward 5), Beaudin rebuffed a request by city attorneys that the first-term council member immediately turn over the information related to Team Thomas, established in 2000 to provide grants to youths and community-based organizations in Northeast Washington. ❋ Washington Post Editors (2010)

The media picks its favorites and decides who gets the macho word rebuffed and who gets the weanie word bridled, and Powell has Obama in his cross-hairs. ❋ Unknown (2008)

On an unrelated note that reflected simmering tension between China and Japan that recently involved coast guard activities in waters that border them, Okada told Yang that China should cut its nuclear arsenal, a call rebuffed by the Chinese minister as grounded on unnecessary concern. ❋ Unknown (2010)

So when the anti-presidential protesters march down into Tahrir Square, then the pro-presidential tribesmen have kind of rebuffed them and keep them from actually entering the square and occupying it, said Steinbeiser. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Bren Simon's papers alleged that David Simon "rebuffed" an earlier attempt to have his stepmother appointed to a board overseeing the family's interests in Simon Property. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Sources close to Winfrey say she was "rebuffed" first by a clerk, then by a manager ... but the store merely says she arrived 15 minutes after closing, and a security guard informed her the place was closed, saying she could come back the next day. ❋ Achmanage (2005)

I guess Carmine Gotti, who is one of the Gotti boys, actually has a crush on Paris Hilton and tried to sort of get together with her at a party, and she kind of rebuffed him, which I was devastated by. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Johnson also told 1050 ESPN New York that he was "rebuffed" by Revis 'agents when he asked to be part of that meeting. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Johnson saying he was "rebuffed" by Revis 'agents when he asked if he could be part of that meeting at the Roscoe Diner in Roscoe, N.Y., last Friday. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The lawsuit also states that Wells Fargo "rebuffed" attempts by the nonprofits to leave the lending program "forcing plaintiffs to watch, month after month, as the collateral investments deteriorated." ❋ Unknown (2010)

Johnson told 1050 ESPN New York that he was "rebuffed" by Revis 'agents when he asked to be part of a meeting last Friday at a diner in Roscoe, N.Y., attended by general manager Mike Tannenbaum, director of football administration Ari Nissim, Schwartz and business partner Jonathan Feinsod. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Johnson told 1050 ESPN New York that he was "rebuffed" by Revis 'agents when he asked to be part of a meeting last Friday at a diner in Roscoe, N.Y., attended by general manager Mike ❋ Unknown (2010)

Ryan also says it is a "blatant joke" when asked to comment on Revis 'agents saying Tuesday it was "a blatant lie" that they "rebuffed" owner Woody Johnson's request to attend a meeting between the sides last Friday. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Some of the girls were interested [in me] but i [rebuffed] them as [i have a girlfriend]. ❋ HighLow (2013)