refuser

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Noun
  • The answer is that France at this time was attempting to heal its wartime wounds, papering over the cracks in the social fabric that had opened up during the German Occupation and positioning itself as a nation of resisters, in which collaborators had been few and aberrant.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 July 2025
  • Many war resisters, or draft dodgers as they were often called by others, were not interested in returning when Mr. Carter made his amnesty offer.
    Ruth Fremson, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Noun
  • The New York Times in 2015 reported that hundreds of Colombian mercenaries had been sent to Yemen to fight against the Houthi rebels, hired directly — and in secret — by the UAE.
    Rebecca Johns, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Tapping into your inner rebel as of late, Sagittarius?
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Arizona-Utah local president Amanda Melby undoubtedly won her race, also against two challengers, with 120 votes (nearly 70% support).
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Districts 2 and 7 do not have primary elections since respective incumbents Malcolm Graham and Ed Driggs do not have challengers whose names will appear on the ballot.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The uniform of the conformist — sports shirt, cardigan, tennis shoes — is as easily recognized as that of the recusant — dirty white T, sideburns, two days’ growth of beard.
    Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 15 July 2019
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“Refuser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/refuser. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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