Sentences with word «refused»

He refused to reveal which cities are contenders for the sports - based offering that has been a hit in the U.S. and U.K., which have a combined 30 locations.

The bill stalled in the Senate Thursday night when one of the opponents, Sen. Rand Paul, refused to allow a speedy vote.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a bid by major record labels to revive copyright infringement claims against video - sharing website Vimeo for hosting content that included songs by famed bands such as the Beatles, the Jackson 5, and the Beach Boys without permission.

The lawsuit alleged that Haber threatened Coscarelli after she refused to change the terms of their partnership, specifically amendments to ownership and her control over future By Chloe restaurants, including the commissary spaces where ingredients came from.

«The government was so mad that they would have refused any investment proposal that had a little technology associated with it,» Saint - Jacques says.

The very pizza he loved so much was now an object of disgust for him, and he refused to take a single bite.

(While not all caregivers have nursing degrees — Hometeam refused to disclose the percentage who do — all aides do have home health aide certifications.)

The environmental group trying to stop work on the state government's Roe 8 project has been refused an interim injunction on construction by the Federal Court, but has vowed to keep fighting.

Valeant's board requested that Schiller tender his resignation as a director, but he refused.

If Seoul refused to cooperate, the US would be facing two hostile powers and would possibly push the North and the South together.

Graham, who declined to comment for this story, refused.

Coinbase claimed the IRS demands are illegally broad and refused to comply, which in turn led the IRS to file a federal lawsuit last week to enforce the summons.

Earlier this week, the Singapore - based company had proposed replacing Qualcomm's entire board after the latter refused to discuss its $ 105 billion offer.

The Republicans who control the U.S. Congress and Germany's Angela Merkel are the most guilty, but former prime minister Stephen Harper was also among the leaders who refused to err on the side of growth, even though the International Monetary Fund said Canada could have afforded greater spending.

Employees called the police when the men refused to leave the Starbucks after asking to use the restroom without having purchased any drinks.

The EU has refused to talk about future trading arrangements with the U.K. — even on a two - year «transitional» arrangement proposed by May — until there is «sufficient progress» on the divorce settlement.

Sure, the ECB eventually came around and said it would do «whatever it takes» to preserve the euro, but when push came to shove, it refused to continue lending to Greek banks after bailout negotiations between Greece and the EU failed.

Security Failures In Benghazi: Republican critics continue to raise questions about why the State Department refused requests for more security personnel in Benghazi before the attacks, and whether the State Department and the Pentagon did everything possible to save American lives while the mission in Benghazi was under attack.

The Pentagon has refused to release any data.

PHILADELPHIA — Lawyers for an investigative reporting organization filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the Philadelphia region's main transit agency after it refused to run ads about the group's stories on racial disparities in mortgage lending.

I didn't have the guts to dump him and he refused to leave me.

Ty Trippet, a spokesman for Bloomberg LP, where no group of employees has ever voted to join a union, responded via email: «Even after repeated warnings, the employee refused to do his job and repeatedly behaved in an unprofessional manner.

After a long discussion, Tim refused to back down.

A spokeswoman also said they had killed 232 people near Mosul on Wednesday who refused to comply with orders.

Portugal's minority center - right government collapsed this week after the three leftist parties that won the majority of seats in September month's general election refused to support its continuation of bailout - dictated austerity policies.

In Chendai, standing next to a Lexus sedan, Ding's sister - in - law, who declined to give her name, confirmed the arrest but refused to say more.

At the end we were close, but the dealer refused to remove some extra charge that was just more fat on the bone for his sales price.

The company refused to sign an exclusive contract with Alibaba, and instead participated in a big sale promotion with its archrival, JD.com Inc..

A lower court refused to throw out their complaints, but that decision was overturned.

«Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo, even refused to get broadband installed at home until the majority of U.S. households got it, in order to get an authentic experience of the products she was responsible for (back then at Google),» he offers as an example.

After rebuking Donald Trump last year as a «dishonest demagogue,» Whitman refused a post-election invitation to join one of his now - disbanded business councils.

«Tesla refused to address analyst questions on capex, cash burn and other «boring bonehead questions,»» Osborne said.

In a conference call on Wednesday, Musk refused to answer questions from analysts on Tesla's capital requirements, saying «boring questions are not cool.»

Thirty - six states have refused to set up their own exchanges, and more than 5 million people in those states have made subsidized purchases already, experts say.

The company has refused to recognize the coalition, according to Sayer.

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has emphatically refused to fund the border wall.

Trump has done the same to Apple, dinging it on the making of its popular products outside of the U.S. And he also called for a boycott of Apple after it refused to unlock an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters.

Back then, Buytopia's biggest headache was the sketchy auto - detailing shops that refused to honour their vouchers.

The Commons had refused the government permission to bomb Syrian government forces two years ago, but today's bill is about bombing Islamic State positions in the country.

But those guidelines were backed up by a threat to withhold federal education money from states that refused to comply.

He refused to answer Business Insider's questions at the party, saying: «I don't want to do an interview.»

Telegram, which was founded by Russian tech luminary Pavel Durov but operates from outside the country, refused to do so.

Levandowski has asserted his constitutional rights against self - incrimination and refused to answer questions about the allegations.

President Trump endorsed Strange in early August, and mainstream GOP funders including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce refused to support Moore after his primary victory.

2006 The Patent Office's backlog is such that even if it refused new applications, it would take two years to catch up.

Drivers have refused to take her from Berkeley, California, to the city where she lives and where Uber is headquartered, San Francisco.

Ljung repeatedly said during his interview with Butcher that he was adamant on building a strong and independent music streaming platform and refused to comment on Google and Spotify acquisition rumours.

In March, after a cyber attack on its servers, Google shut down its Chinese site and refused to continue censoring search results in accordance with local law, as it had done since 2006.

Boris Levitt, one of the plaintiffs and the owner of a furniture business, alleged that after he refused to advertise with Yelp, several five - star reviews suddenly disappeared from his company's page, causing his overall star rating to fall.

It has refused to offer its millions of European customers any compensation.