verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
offer
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But Dudaev would be foolish to spurn the offer outright.
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The Natal government spurned the offer .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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When she spurned his advances, he started to stalk her.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But Dudaev would be foolish to spurn the offer outright.
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But Giap spurned the advice, explaining that he could not desert his comrades.
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Four men worked hard all day to give them safety, and they spurned it.
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Narcissus was a young man who spurned the nymph Echo and became enamoured of his own reflection.
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Steve, who is smoother than snakeskin shorts; and Lisa, a spurned woman.
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The rates they offered were so low, though, that investors spurned them.
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The restored Rump, however, took away Boteler's regimental command and spurned his nomination as quartermaster-general.