as in to refuse
to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to
she balked at lending him any more money
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However, Embiid refused Hayes’ attempts to make amends.Homero De La Fuente, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
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Zoom in: Harris and her staff have refused to detail her position on more than a dozen of her previous stances the past three months in response to questions by Axios.Alex Thompson, Axios, 3 Nov. 2024
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Despite high-profile endorsements and millions of dollars spent on advertising, Colorado voters rejected Initiative 131.Krista Kafer, The Denver Post, 11 Nov. 2024
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In 2018, Arizona voters overwhelmingly rejected school vouchers.Eli Hager, ProPublica, 9 Nov. 2024
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By contrast, prices for televisions 75 inches through 96 inches have declined 6% with sales up just 19% this year.Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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The share of voters who are white has declined from 90% in 1976 to 67% in 2020, per exit polls.Gary Langer, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2024
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Eventually, though Phoebe’s backstory dictated that her mother had died by suicide, the writers found the comedic pairing too charmed to pass up.Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2024
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The lure of a road trip to check out a haunted bridge was too good to pass up, but the tale itself doesn’t seem to resonate beyond a passing curiosity.Elizabeth Friend, Longreads, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Balk (at).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/balk%20%28at%29. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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