Refuse
Refuse verb - To be unwilling to grant.
Settling
Settling noun - A gradual sinking to a lower level.
Both words in one sentence
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At first, settling for trucks and trains because the higher ups refuse to station them somewhere where they will find any German aircraft to shoot at.
Source: Film / Red Tails - They hate their fellow nobles who look at them as Nouveau Riche and upstarts, while their fellow nobles resent House Frey because they are petty in settling their grudges and refuse to render leal service to their Liege Lords without asking for the tiniest advantage and leg-up.
Source: No Sympathy for Grudgeholders
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