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Even though McCandless rebuffed Tracy's advances, Burres makes it clear that he was no recluse: "He had a good time when he was around people, a real good time.† (source)
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Two years earlier, I had applied to dozens of places in the hope of landing a well-paying job after college but was rebuffed every time.† (source)
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Carlisle's firm rebuff was directed toward James.† (source)
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I couldn't figure out why my cousin would want to exchange his Yiddish name—which in English means Joseph—for the Polish version, but the teacher's rebuff didn't surprise me.† (source)
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The judge rebuffed him and sent the jury, including Mrs. Tyo, back into deliberations.† (source)
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And Martina had been rebuffed by an excruciating shin-scrape.† (source)
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Hands shot up around the room, but she rebuffed all questions and marched off to secure the doors.† (source)
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Tyrion rather suspected that Lord Tyrell might come to regret this rebuff.† (source)
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Popchik alone was happy; it was rare we had so much company in the house and he ran from person to person, undiscouraged by repeated rebuffs.† (source)
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She sounded so disappointed-and looked so forlorn-Eragon felt guilty for rebuffing her.† (source)
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"Oh——" Lily murmured reproachfully; but Mrs. Fisher pressed on unrebuffed.† (source)unrebuffed = not rejectedstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unrebuffed means not and reverses the meaning of rebuffed. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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He would eventually come to be rebuffed by his own body at least as much as by hers.† (source)
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If she argued with a neighbor constantly over a barking dog, if she was forced to rebuff a flirty guy, whatever you got, I need.† (source)
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On New Year's Day, driven mad by rebuffs from Remedios the Beauty, the young commander of the guard was found dead under her window.† (source)
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Then he drove me back to my house, rebuffing my halfhearted protests by promising to get me back to my car the next morning.† (source)
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Stand fast and fight!' yelled Sir Cadogan in a muffled voice from behind his visor, but Harry merely walked on and when Sir Cadogan attempted to follow him by running into a neighbouring picture, he was rebuffed by its inhabitant, a large and angry-looking wolfhound.† (source)
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