refuser

Definition of refusernext

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Noun
  • Clemson resister Dabo Swinney has driven his program into the ground.
    Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
  • In November 1971, Berkeley, California, became the first sanctuary city in the country when 12 local churches inspired the City Council to pass a resolution offering sanctuary to draft resisters.
    Menika Dirkson, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Julian is both old and a devout rebel, with a lifetime’s worth of wisdom, wit and burned bridges in his arsenal.
    Lindsey Bahr, Boston Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Why isn’t Homelander lasering these rebels immediately?
    Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Feldstein Soto’s challenger in the city attorney’s race, John McKinney, said the public deserves immediate answers.
    Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • In Europe, investors will be looking ahead to the general election in Hungary taking place on Sunday, where Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is on course to lose to the main challenger party, Fidesz, in what could be the biggest power shift in 16 years.
    Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 10 Apr. 2026
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 20 Apr. 2026.

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