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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Despite several rebuffs, Farley refused to leave Laura alone.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He had mastered his handicap, but he could not master the rebuffs he suffered, due to his appearance.
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Here is a collection of their rebuffs.
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His words amounted to a rebuff .
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In adulthood, he may over-react to rejection from peers - a rebuff from some one he hoped to date perhaps.
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Merrill felt her face grow warm at this indirect reference to her rebuff of the previous evening.
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This, of course, is a recipe for disaster, her attempts to please meeting with a steady stream of rebuffs.