Refuse
Short
Short noun - The location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Batman Gambit: The short has Agents Coulson and Sitwell get out of the WSC's request that the Abomination be placed on the Avengers instead of the Hulk by having General Ross refuse the request.
Source: Film / Marvel One-Shots -
Minchenko, and Mama Nilla refuse to let the quaddies be sterilized and sent to the surface to live out probably-short lives.
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Wolfe has some fun bulldozing the FBI in the short story "Home to Roost," after they refuse to comment on whether the murder victim had been working undercover for them.
Source: Literature / Nero Wolfe
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