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"spurn" Definitions
  1. spurn somebody/something to reject or refuse somebody/something, especially in a proud way
"spurn" Antonyms
accept approve embrace welcome admire allow ascend compliment esteem grasp include like love OK praise respect rise sanction seize want agree to engage in acknowledge select own admit defend assert ratify avow proclaim retain hold emphasize(US) agree flatter heat note regard socialise(UK) socialize(US) warm be friendly pay attention endorse recognise(UK) recognize(US) believe recommend back appreciate advocate support choose approve of concede grant let okay permit greenlight O.K. give the go-ahead to adhere to continue indulge use give in to submit to succumb to surrender to yield to bow to emphasise(UK) entertain consider contemplate deliberate ponder cogitate reflect weigh ruminate meditate perpend give consideration to mull over muse over take into consideration think about think over wrestle with attend exalt extol glorify build up enjoy cherish fancy relish treasure value adore covet desire revere savor(US) savour(UK) crave favor(US) honor(US) notice catch see spot become aware of catch sight of look at pay attention to take notice of participate contribute join partake share enter perform compete play collaborate engage be involved get involved involve oneself take part chip in help out join in indulge in take on seek out meet seek contact engage with meet with reach out to cross encounter forseek get together with meet up with track down connect with convene with hunt down hunt for link up with look for meet face to face with attempt do face tackle undertake attack take try become involved in commit to deal with embark on enter on enter upon obey follow mind comply with conform to observe heed fulfill(US) serve keep accede to acquiesce to assent to acquiesce in accord to acceptance acknowledgment(US) approval recognition assent acknowledgement(UK) consent affirmation confirmation

203 Sentences With "spurn"

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Once Mike warmed up, he started to spurn the ramp.
Here's the latest: • Senators spurn Trump on war in Yemen.
His answers typically spurn consensus—what exactly was Us about again?
Messrs Cruz and Rubio, in other words, spurn their own kind.
Sunday's elections show that voters would spurn a party yes-man.
Dirty, transient, and anti-authoritarian, they spurn capitalism for a hardscrabble alternative.
On July 2nd Occidental urged its shareholders to spurn Mr Icahn's advances.
Her religion taught her to spurn addictive substances — no alcohol, no caffeine.
Dogs also showed that they would spurn people who weren't very nice.
His symphonies are layered, pulse with heat, and spurn containment from all sides.
And there is little indication, so far, that these voters will spurn Mrs.
He might spurn any inspection regime, or the idea of peacekeepers in Korea.
And they have fought harder than anyone to spurn Democrats' demands for testimony.
Few small countries succeed when they spurn their neighbours, notes Margaret MacMillan, a historian.
Modern political convention dictates that candidates receiving such embraces instantly and publicly spurn them.
They didn't just convince Paul George to spurn the Lakers — and possibly LeBron James.
Incredibly, Los Angeles hoped that Durant would spurn his other suitors and choose the Lakers.
Last fall, Mr. Solomon was one of several executives to spurn the kingdom's investment conference.
If Wyoming continued to spurn the money, said hospital CEO Vickie Diamond, layoffs might be coming.
Cleveland fans, who saw him spurn the franchise in the summer of 2010, immediately became frantic.
And yet, it feels facile and unsatisfying to spurn the new Nokia effort before it's even begun.
The Amish in America spurn modern medicine, along with almost everything else invented since the 17th century.
The bench is thin in an administration that has often seemed to spurn the intricacies of diplomacy.
It is watching a president spurn its expertise, attack its institutions and ridicule its most cherished assumptions.
Entering his third year, that's still the case — and now newly empowered Democrats bluntly spurn his wall demands.
Speaking in last year's healthcare debate, he said officials should take a moral choice to spurn foreign clinics.
Along the way, they seem to spurn their despondent kids, who only want to spend time with them.
It's true that the Obama administration has decided to spurn some of the traditionally most powerful lobby groups.
And Instagram users, suspicious of the company's motives, could spurn stories like a host rejecting an organ transplant.
After Friday, as the scale of potential American deaths became clear, the Dow began to spurn Trump's supplications.
After Friday, as the scale of potential American deaths became clear, the Dow began to spurn Trump's supplications.
The host, a brash former reality-television star was elected on a promise to shut borders and spurn multilateralism.
Some are more willing to do jobs that locals spurn, such as picking fruit or caring for the elderly.
The host, a brash former reality-television host, was elected on a promise to shut borders and spurn multilateralism.
Businesses may find it hard to leave California if energy prices rise, but can more easily spurn smaller places.
Most of them do low-paid jobs in sectors which Saudis spurn, such as construction, domestic service and retailing.
Far from stealing jobs, EU migrants take ones that natives spurn; Britain's employment rate is at a record high.
Beijing is pushing hard for Ottawa to spurn a U.S. extradition request, warning of severe consequences Meng isn't released.
But hawkish measures embedded in the Republican spending bill will give Democrats even more reason to spurn the legislation.
And yet the film doesn't spurn realism; we can want what we want, but life sometimes has other plans.
Rejection would mean a return to extreme political uncertainty, since Mr Renzi has talked of resigning if voters spurn him.
It was especially risky to gamble on a high school player who then might spurn the team and play internationally.
It is up to Tronc to either spurn Gannett again or accept a bid if Gannett is willing to pay.
Coke's sales have been falling for five years, as consumers spurn the sugary drinks that long underpinned its business empire.
Trump's protector Given his past record, there's reason to believe that one transgression will not cause Trump to spurn Barr.
Since taking office, Trump has taken nearly every opportunity to insult, spurn, or diminish America's allies in Europe (and elsewhere too).
Oscar voters usually spurn such movies; the ones they do like have become commercially less successful, and thus less culturally relevant.
Try integrating these 11 habits into your daily life to spurn massive improvement over time: Self-improvement begins with a vision.
The Stalinist state continues to spurn six-nation nuclear talks and has tested three nuclear devices during the Obama administration's tenure.
On the streets of Seoul, men urged South Korean women not to spurn marriage and motherhood, despite the cost of parenting.
Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving made a joint decision to spurn the Knicks and team up with the long-suffering Nets.
Plus, if you seem to spurn helpful advice, people will stop offering it — and you may need it down the road.
Vine clearly left an impact on the internet, but it failed to keep up with the talented creators it helped to spurn.
They took her photo, took casts of her feet—collecting mementos that her parents might spurn now but want to have later.
But there's good reason to think that wouldn't have made sense for Yuan and that he was right to spurn Microsoft's advances.
Yet while he may spurn hard-right outfits like France's National Front or the Austrian Freedom Party, he borrows from their playbook.
Smaller local banks, however, may lose out as the market expands, and suppliers spurn them to borrow more cheaply from larger lenders.
When WeWork ran into trouble, JPMorgan stood by the company and lined up rescue financing that the coworking company would later spurn.
Melville is sometimes acclaimed as a godfather of that movement, but he came to spurn the honor, and you can see why.
Many conservatives spurn Sotomayor as a minor intellect, sometimes out of racism, but frequently due to a misunderstanding of her jurisprudential style.
The new deal gives Northern Ireland's elected body a chance to weigh in on the arrangements and potentially spurn its obligations altogether.
Because he is loath to spurn courtesy of any kind, he often ends up eating much more than he might like to.
These women spurn make-up, long hair and tight clothes, and post pictures of crushed cosmetics and shorn locks on social media.
Chinese retailers told Reuters they probably would raise prices or spurn U.S. imports for domestic substitutes, which could eventually hurt their businesses.
That allowed him to spurn better offers from the league, run out the clock to free agency and try his luck in England.
For Guadalcanal and many other islands in the region, this is a moment to embrace competing offers from world powers, not spurn them.
Michôd and Edgerton are under no obligation, of course, to follow Shakespeare's trail, yet to spurn his offers of dramatic intensity seems perverse.
Food companies, pressed by consumers, should spurn soyabeans and beef produced on illegally logged Amazonian land, as they did in the mid-2000s.
Despite its sense of rectitude, "The Benedict Option" is at bottom a call for free-riding on the liberal modernity it professes to spurn.
IARC's rulings influence many things, from whether chemicals are licensed for use in industry to whether consumers choose or spurn certain products or lifestyles.
In a region that typically seeks to invest more than it saves, few countries are willing to spurn such a deep source of capital.
Since it was published in 2012, The Miseducation Of Cameron Post has likely been one of those stories to spurn 1,000 queer sexual awakenings.
And every value that you spurn—particularly when you're Facebook in 2018—means that a hammer is going to come down on your head.
How Coke presents its soda is especially important for the company as health-conscious Americans increasingly spurn sugar-filled drinks for more nutritious options.
It will have been Kim's heroic decision to spurn his family's legacy and make the right strategic choice in return for a brighter future.
Distrust, fear and lack of communication from aid groups have alienated communities, leading some people to spurn treatment or even to attack treatment centers.
Infectious disease experts are more likely to emphasize other elements of a comprehensive MRSA prevention program, but they do not spurn the emerging devices.
Yes, if millions of Americans continue to spurn changes in their living habits that have been shown over and over again to be protective.
GPA, controlled by France's Casino Guichard Perrachon SA , is increasing focus on cash-and-carry as consumers spurn traditional supermarkets in search of lower prices.
The Ankole cattle in Uganda, whose huge horns seem to spurn gravity, have an ancient air, as if they were lifted from a Minoan fresco.
" Carroll implored his parish to not spurn the church because of the grand jury's findings: "Only God himself can bring us out of this darkness.
Even the album's cover art explicitly channels the mind-set of teen-agers and twentysomethings who, liberated by the Internet, spurn labels and celebrate eccentricity.
In today's atmosphere, well-heeled corporate interests spurn the regulated system in favor up Super PACs that can collect unlimited dollars and keep donors secret.
The results of the continuing Indian elections on May 20083 will reveal whether India will endorse Mr. Modi or spurn him as they did Mrs.
Government members and officials have warned that calls to spurn voting are illegal despite the country's voluntary voting system, although no one has been arrested.
Dissatisfied voters who plan to spurn the two major parties often come around and cast a lesser-of-two-evils vote for one or the other.
They're all too quick to spurn the old and rush to the future, introducing innovative new products and services before their industry — and consumers — are ready.
But the Taliban and other Muslim militant groups spurn Sufi shrines and have often attacked Sufi mosques and shrines, accusing devotees of being heretics or apostates.
"North Korea has gone out of its way to spurn the Trump administration," Mira Rapp-Hooper, a North Korea expert at Yale Law School, told me.
Meanwhile, Democrats are likely to pounce on any allegations of misconduct as they accuse the president of abusing the power of his office to spurn a rival.
The Lib Dems are stuck in the middle, offering a sensible critique and suggesting that voters should spurn false promises of radicalism from both left and right.
The most optimistic see a Nixon-to-China-style opening for Mr Trump to forge a North Korea deal that American conservatives might spurn from another president.
Some European and Latin American ambassadors were expected to boycott Arreaza's speech, as more countries back opposition leader Juan Guaido and spurn President Nicolas Maduro, diplomats said.
And the ruling comes as Trump has recently turned to the courts in an attempt to spurn Democratic investigations into him, his family and his private businesses.
One former White House official who worked under Trump doubted McGahn would spurn the president in public testimony, despite his rocky departure from the administration last fall.
And in Republican circles, that desire by Trump to spurn those who didn't stand with him was worrying and got directly to his struggles with suburban women.
The question now is whether Kim Jong Un is ready to deliver, or if this is a prelude to yet another deliberate effort to spurn the West.
Laurel falls out of love as desperately as she fell into it, but somewhere in her subconscious a voice whispers that Dixon isn't a man to spurn.
But if the cost of meeting the new rules is too high, then companies are likely to spurn the agreement altogether, and swallow non-NAFTA tariffs of 2.5%.
Will it similarly spurn gifts or return gifts from oil robber barons, sugary drink moguls, banking institutions with devious practices and foreign potentates who stone their own citizens?
As such, both are racing to introduce new products that compel riders and drivers to spurn competitors, while also showing they can keep costs low and turn a profit.
A ruling favoring Phillips could open the door for certain businesses to spurn gay couples by invoking religious beliefs, as some wedding photographers, florists and others already have done.
But Republicans like Ms. Ayotte, who says she is voting for Mr. Trump but not endorsing him, could have a difficult time winning if Mr. Trump's admirers spurn her.
What's worse, heavy-handed measures by outside aid organizations, the local police and the military have alienated communities, leading some people to spurn treatment and even attack treatment centers.
Distrust, fear and lack of communication from aid groups have alienated communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo, leading some people to spurn treatment and even attack treatment centers.
She would spurn international trade deals, and promises a national referendum on "Frexit," a reference to a French exit from the European Union, after Britain's departure vote this summer.
The Englishman, wary of being impolite, accepts a glass of Château Pétrus, not a wine that you should ever spurn, and an invitation to a night of Bacchic misrule.
"The question now is whether Kim Jong Un is ready to deliver, or if this is a prelude to yet another deliberate effort to spurn the West," he said.
Millions of supporters, distrustful of their party's leaders, rallied behind him as a unique figure whose personal fortune enabled him to spurn donors and say what he wanted with impunity.
All together, Grey's season 15's use of Frankie is wildly smart considering her inevitable tragic fate, which was used to spurn Richard's looming spiral after eight years of sobriety.
She's hoping fear of the unknown will lead Brexit enthusiasts in the party — who declare that her deal would spurn a historic opportunity to regain sovereignty — back into her camp.
Both groups tend to lean Democratic more than each state's native-born whites, and college-educated white voters and nonwhite voters of all stripes have particularly tended to spurn Trump.
He would be the first president since Richard Nixon in 1972 to spurn general election debates, which would actually be appropriate as numerous parallels have been drawn between the two.
The President travels to Europe in a month to reckon with a fractured set of alliances, his decision to spurn loyal Western allies deepening the fissures in that longstanding partnership.
Many now feared that the state's voters, with their reflexive disdain for political revolution, would spurn Bernie Sanders in November, giving President Trump a far easier path to re-election.
Ya gotta hear why Ann is predicting the Dems will go spurn Biden for Kamala ... her reasoning has everything to do with identity politics, and the next step from Barack Obama.
Richard Nixon won the presidency narrowly in 1968 by convincing enough southern white male voters to leave the Democrats and spurn "Dixiecrat" George Wallace and vote Republican for the first time.
Navigating your 20s and 30s can spurn growing disillusionment; for some, it marks a weird middle ground between the innocence of childhood and what can seem like a domesticated, neutered adulthood.
Supporters of the proposal say recession-hit Brazil needs to open up more land in the Amazon for farming, cattle ranching and mining to create jobs, alleviate poverty and spurn growth.
President Trump awarded Woods the Presidential Medal of Freedom this month, even as other African-American athletes have chosen to spurn the White House and a president they see as racist.
As he begins a bid to define the economy and hedge against a recession, Trump is testing a searing, materialistic message to voters who might spurn him if tougher times arrive.
That would certainly be a pleasure; one should never spurn the opportunity to watch Russell Crowe singing slightly too high for (a) his manly britches and (b) his peace of mind.
While Cruz, his supporters, and of course Hillary Clinton's backers are likely to depict his choice to spurn Trump as being courageous and virtuous, the reality is it was just plain quixotic.
"Victims are from [remote areas like] Khyber Pakhtunkhwa or South Punjab and would never be able to afford this procedure," Qadri said, adding that most victims are women who spurn marriage proposals.
And it is still not clear if he will keep a promise to spurn the luxury of the palace and commute daily from Davao, which is two hours from Manila by air.
That's a problem, especially when it leads people to spurn medical treatment in favor of the alternative remedies touted on social media — to the detriment of their health, and often their finances.
That represents another knock-on effect of the new deal because the smaller Premier League sides are better placed to spurn offers from richer clubs and hang on to their best players.
A ruling favoring Phillips could open the door for businesses that offer creative services to spurn gay couples by invoking religious beliefs, as some wedding photographers, florists and others already have done.
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis called on a delegation of South Korean religious leaders to promote reconciliation and spurn violence and fear on Saturday, amid a tense standoff on their home peninsula.
Or do you spurn the once-in-a-million-lifetimes chance some men would literally go to prison for, even knowing you'll forever wonder what could've been had you answered her question?
For someone to spurn possible interest from a big promotion like WWE and stay independent would be unfathomable at almost any other time in professional wrestling history, but the Bucks are different.
Amari Cooper is a VERY rich man today -- dude just agreed to a $100 MILLION deal with the Cowboys ... but could he have gotten EVEN MORE to spurn Dallas for its rivals?!!?
Now comes the threat of the coronavirus, which could mean that, at least temporarily, we stock up and limit trips to the grocery store, stop going to restaurants and spurn delivery drivers.
Why spurn him and hook up with a wild card like Trump, who has no political experience—and a record of making reckless racist and sexist comments that will damage the Republican brand?
It's premature to say that the days of vindictive men blackballing the women that spurn them are over, but it's presumably (hopefully) a lot harder to get away with in the current environment.
Europe is home to a number of growing technology companies that are choosing to spurn bids from larger rivals in favor of remaining independent - something Dawn said it would look to capitalize on.
The outcome bodes ill for the Trump administration's attempts to persuade countries like Canada and Germany to spurn Huawei's equipment, further chipping away of the United States' future power in the networked world.
If you really want to get the goat of someone who has been rude to you online, feel free to use this handy graphic I created: Now that's how you spurn someone. 2D.
If we fail the memories and spurn the legacy of those who died a century ago, will we repeat that dishonor against those who have fought and died in the Gulf, Afghanistan, Iraq?
Fahrenthold captured it best: In a single evening in Des Moines, Trump showed Fox News — the host of that night's Trump-less debate — that he was powerful enough to spurn the Fox network.
Parents should also take note - when they spurn vegetables their kids are likely to follow suit, said Dr. Julie Lumeng, a researcher at the University of Michigan's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital in Ann Arbor.
And ambassadors from some European countries plan to boycott a speech by Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza on Tuesday, as more countries back opposition leader Juan Guaido and spurn President Nicolas Maduro, they add.
Given his loathed standing among Democrats and the possibility that many in his own party would spurn him, Mr. Trump would need to invert his numbers among independents to even be competitive in November.
Breathe easy, Bengals fans ... Tyrann Mathieu says Joe Burrow will NOT spurn Cincy at the 2020 NFL Draft, and will happily play for the team if it picks him No. 1 overall in April!!
Democrats have blamed the nagging mystery on an all-out blockade by the White House Office of Management and Budget, which has fought relentlessly to spurn requests and subpoenas seeking documents and witness testimony.
Shareholder advocates fear that, under official pressure, Sharp's two Japanese creditor banks will spurn Foxconn and sell the firm to a government-backed fund, the Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ), for a lower price.
Letter To the Editor: Re "When Cities Spurn Growth, Equality Suffers" (front page, July 4): I strongly disagree with those who blame zoning and land use regulations (and, by implication, comprehensive planning) in Boulder, Colo.
Kamarck says that in the post-Citizens United world, Democrats "can't unilaterally disarm" and spurn donations from plutocrats like Soros, but they are conflicted about billionaire donors in a way that the Republicans are not.
The trade dispute with the United States has led some Chinese consumers to spurn American brands, and tensions over how companies have addressed pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong have further complicated the economic back-and-forth.
The result was a failed accommodation to the Democratic frontrunner that, for de Blasio, represented the worst of both worlds: He simultaneously seemed to spurn the Sanders left while angering the Clinton establishment for dragging his feet.
On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the United States of raising the risk of nuclear war by threatening to spurn the key arms control treaty and refusing to hold talks about another pact that expires soon.
Some funds are using activism to distinguish themselves with strategies that cannot be replaced by cheaper index funds, as investors spurn hedge funds with high fees and lackluster returns, pulling out billions from the $3 trillion industry.
Senators, Furious Over Khashoggi Killing, Spurn President on War in Yemen: A vote to limit U.S. military support in Yemen showed widespread disapproval of President Trump's embrace of Saudi Arabia after the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
While aspiring business people of all stripes have flourished with Amazon, the prevalence of Amazon-linked firms among Hasidic Jews is notable because it runs counter to the notion that ultra-Orthodox Jews spurn modern-day conveniences.
The White House said Maduro requested a phone call with Trump on Friday, which the administration appeared to spurn, saying in a statement that Trump would gladly speak with the leader of Venezuela once democracy was restored.
But during the primaries, those Southern black voters have a chance to make their voices heard, to reward loyalty and fidelity, to support the candidates they feel they know and to spurn those they feel they don't.
Over the film's first three-plus minutes of frenetic chords from the Feelies we watch Wren spurn a flirtatious onlooker, plow through sidewalk pedestrian traffic, and plaster the city with a Xeroxed flyer of her enigmatic visage.
Thunberg and Herrmann said Wednesday that they don't expect everyone to follow their example and spurn air travel, but that they hope that it will persuade people to use alternative modes of transportation that don't use fossil fuels.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin on Thursday accused the United States of raising the risk of nuclear war by threatening to spurn a key arms control treaty and refusing to hold talks about another pact that expires soon.
The people around him, even John, ultimately seem to exist only as extras in his world, showing up when needed to lecture, scold, or spurn him into a renewed sense of purpose or a showing of human decency.
And of course, a totally unknown young man under the age of 40 with nothing to lose is willing to spurn his party's nominee for president and enjoy the free publicity that an independent campaign for president will bring.
Many believe that Mueller's public appearance before Congress on Wednesday will spurn a new wave of calls for impeachment, despite the fact that Mueller has said his testimony will not go beyond what's written in his 400-page report.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers have backed off on plans to hold White House senior adviser Kellyanne Conway in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena last week as a string of current and former Trump officials spurn congressional oversight.
L) plan to offload property assets and buy back shares has failed to assuage investor unease over the British shopping center owner's strategy following its decision to spurn a 5 billion-pound ($6.6 billion) takeover by rival Klepierre (LOIM.
Vanity Fair wasn't the only publication to spurn attendance at this year's White House correspondents' dinner amid Trump's repeated attacks on the press, but Carter's reason for doing so was among the best for his utter lack of giving a shit.
Although voters appeared to spurn Smer a year after the murder of a journalist which sparked mass protests, the party's Maros Sefcovic, an EU Commissioner, could pick up support among those who prefer stability to the change offered by Caputova.
As Islamist and other armed groups push into once-peaceful Mopti, to loot and spread their influence, locals hope their young people will spurn the appeal of joining the militants if farmland is better protected from the effects of climate change.
It is still not clear, Duterte's aides say, if he will keep a promise to spurn the luxury of the palace and commute daily from his hometown in the south of the country, which is two hours each way by air.
Before the economic slowdown, about 10 million foreigners — largely from South Asia, Southeast Asia and other parts of the Middle East — worked in Saudi Arabia, many in low-paid jobs in sectors Saudis spurn like construction, domestic service and retailing.
Choosing to spurn Smith before eventually deploying a six-point guard roster of Isaiah Canaan, Tony Wroten, Kendall Marshall, Pierre Jackson, Scottie Wilbekin, and TJ McConnell is quite possibly the most low-key example of tanking the league has ever seen.
The vast majority are Hasidim and other ultra-Orthodox Jews in the New York area who spurn secular books and newspapers and, yes, even dictionaries in using a vernacular that is as intrinsic in their neighborhoods as air and water.
To the Editor: Re "Democrats, Debate on Fox," by Liz Mair (Op-Ed, March 9): This Op-Ed seems to make sense: Why should the Democrats spurn those who watch Fox News, many of whom are moderates and, indeed, Democrats themselves?
Mildura was one of five constituencies to spurn the Nationals at state polls in November and March, its disillusionment stoked by a deepening drought and a feeling the 99-year-old party of "the bush" was taking voters for granted.
But Pence's family values, reflected in decades of anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and policy that prompted at least two U.S. Olympic athletes to publicly spurn him at the Winter Games last month — could end up tanking his family's foray into publishing.
In his opinion even these phone cameras are far too thick (witness the optical bump on the back of most mobile phones), so he and his team plan to replace them with truly minuscule devices that spurn every aspect of current photographic technology.
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey is running out of time to avert a showdown with the United States over its plans to buy advanced Russian air defenses and spurn a counter-offer from its NATO partner, raising the chance of U.S. sanctions against Ankara.
" In the same publication, executive editor Joy Pullmann writes that Trump would lose her vote if he picked Kavanaugh because it would break "his promise to appoint judges who will not force Americans to spurn God to participate in the public square.
The Palestinian leadership will face enormous pressure from its own people to spurn U.S. overtures now that Washington has given away one of the main prizes Palestinians hoped to gain through peace talks — a Palestinian capital in East Jerusalem — diplomats and analysts said.
How Liverpool must rue its decision to spurn Alli when he wanted to go there 23 months ago, after Liverpool's owners decided that 5 million pounds, about $7.15 million, was too high a price to pay for speculation on a growing youth.
While the GATT was brewing, John Maynard Keynes, an influential economist, doubted that Britain should spurn the option of using tariffs to control the level of employment—though he did accept that the benefits of everyone forgoing tariffs could outweigh the costs.
She came of age in the feminist movement in the 1960s at Wellesley College — where she urged her peers to spurn incremental change and instead work at "making the impossible possible" — then was drawn to the South in furtherance of her husband's ambitions.
Wider adoption of genetic engineering, especially in African and Asian countries that still spurn the technology, could greatly increase the food supply in areas where climate change will increasingly require that crops can grow in dry and salty soils and tolerate temperature extremes.
The decision by a series of leading institutions to spurn gifts by the Sacklers, major donors on both sides of the Atlantic, is a potent sign of the deepening disquiet within the art world over the family's connection to the opioid crisis.
For weeks he has wandered St. Petersburg gnawed by resentment, wondering why "perfidious" women spurn him for generals and kammerjunkers; why, well into his 40s, he remains in the czarist equivalent of middle management; why even "rotten little dogs" view him with contempt.
They're fine with slashing immigration in half and violating the very essence of what being an American has come to mean; they'll reject the "huddled masses" and spurn charitable spending for good causes because those things don't make us "winners" in their book.
It can feel helpless being a single person in the face of the great grinding gears of capitalism, but affirmative and direct action in the form of collective protest can prove a powerful vehicle for change, and spurn those with power into action.
Washington (CNN)The super PAC once envisioned to be the main advertising force behind Donald Trump is sputtering into the fall, beset by a pang of concern ever since Trump's campaign chief departed and as key donors spurn the group's appeals for last-minute checks.
What could have possessed the Academy to spurn the director William Friedkin's terrifying tale of a pea soup-spewing little girl played by Linda Blair in favor of George Roy Hill's con-men comedy, "The Sting," for best picture, director, art direction and editing?
Beyond tactical advantage, there is a more important reason to spurn a short-term agenda: Any legislation passed in 2019 is not really about policy, but an opening salvo in the larger battle of political ideas and values the country will face in the coming years.
That was the only sure way to persuade Durant, a two-time N.B.A. finals most valuable player, to spurn the security of a five-year, $221 million offer to return to the Warriors, and reject strong interest from the Los Angeles Clippers and the now-crestfallen Knicks.
In the year to come, however, the CAATSA threat might not land the United States all the arms business it is expecting; indeed, in chafing at America&aposs heavy-handed approach, plenty of middle powers could spurn Washington in favor of other suppliers — or even Russia itself.
This may be a ploy to provoke the EU. But it also reflects how the army and the bureaucracy are increasingly in thrall to a "Eurasian" faction whose leaders spurn NATO and the West and look to a Turkish version of the nationalism that has served Vladimir Putin.
Ian Mahinmi is Not as Bad as You Think; Still Very Bad Necessary Disclaimer: Never forget how it's not Ian Mahinmi's fault that Ernie Grunfeld, in a rushed and misguided effort to replace Nene, responded to Al Horford's spurn by offering a dramatically inferior center $113 million over four years.
Bannon was specifically referring to a memo that Manafort had forwarded to Kushner, which was the object of Kushner's original outreach to Bannon, but he was also prophesizing the narrative that would completely derail Trump's presidency and spurn the Mueller investigation into Russia's influence on the election and the presidency.
At what should have been the Republicans' great moment of triumph in a maiden voyage after winning the 2014 midterm elections and control of both houses of Congress, House Speaker John Boehner and Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell got overconfident and made the disastrous decision to immediately spurn the voters who provided their great victory.
Trump, in turning the usual rhetoric on its head — claiming that black people are living in inner-city hells and should therefore spurn the Democratic Party — has forced progressives, both black and white, into the uncomfortable position of arguing that things aren't nearly as bad for black America as Trump would have us believe.
The populist message many of the candidates have on offer is resonating: From Northern California to Council Bluffs to the Brooklyn streets where Mr. Sanders was raised, voters are delighting in the calls to spurn big donors, the policies to fight wealth inequality and the promises of relief from college debt and steep medical bills.
Geng said China had always respected the principle of non-interference in internal affairs in dealing with Australia "We strongly urge the relevant Australian person to spurn Cold War thinking and prejudice towards China, immediately stop making wrong comments that harm political mutual trust and mutually beneficial cooperation, and take effective steps to dispel negative effects," he added.
On Thursday morning, Israel confirmed a cease-fire had gone into effect, and there were reports that it had agreed to spurn live fire at the Gaza fence — suggesting Islamic Jihad could earn new bragging rights: Hamas has been sending protesters to be killed at the fence for 19 months, but Islamic Jihad was finally protecting them.
Through his hostile comments about members of specific ethnic and religious groups during the presidential campaign, to the Muslim ban, his pardon of former Maricopa County, Arizona, Sheriff Joseph Arpaio, and other policies his administration has promoted, to his response to the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, he has given license to political forces that vociferously and publicly spurn these developments.
Trump's behavior has become so erratic, his lying so persistent, his willingness to fulfill the basic functions of the presidency — like reading briefing books, consulting government experts before making major changes and appointing a competent staff — so absent, his readiness to accommodate Russia and spurn allies so disturbing and his obsession with himself and his ego over all other considerations so consistent, two more years of him in office could pose a real threat to our nation.
All the familiar arguments as to why St. John's should be a dominant national program don't hold up to close scrutiny: players haven't typically wanted to come play in New York, at least not enough to spurn the Kansas or Dukes of the world, and New York itself isn't the primary pipeline of high school basketball talent that it once was, and still likes to pretend it is, at least relative to the country as a whole.
The dispute comes amid a high-stakes legal battle over whether Trump improperly pressured the Pentagon to choose Microsoft as the winner of the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract because he wanted to spurn his rival, Amazon CEO Jeff BezosJeffrey (Jeff) Preston BezosThe Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by AdvaMed - House panel expected to approve impeachment articles Thursday Hillicon Valley: Pentagon pushes back on Amazon lawsuit | Lawmakers dismiss Chinese threat to US tech companies | YouTube unveils new anti-harassment policy | Agencies get annual IT grades Pentagon dismisses Amazon questions over Esper's recusal in 'war cloud' case MORE.

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