Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 32 rebuffed 29 takeover 29 takeover bid 27 overtures 26 rejects 26 rival 26 spurned 26 reject 25 rejecting 25 rejected 24 appease 24 dismiss 23 mediate 23 renegotiate 23 unsuccessful 23 bid 23 unsolicited 23 defuse 22 accept 22 oust 22 repeated 22 quash 21 abandon 21 woo 21 snubbed 21 resisted 20 persuade 20 dismisses 20 ignores 20 shunned 20 denies 20 unsuccessfully 19 failed 19 sweetened 19 abandoned 18 reversing 18 deflect 18 rescind 18 bowing 17 accepts 17 revived 17 upheld 17 brushed aside 17 ignored 17 refusal 17 mooted 17 amid 17 courting 17 reluctantly 16 futile 16 rejection 16 siding 16 downplay 16 dismissed 16 deadlocked 16 fruitless 16 ruled 16 convince 16 fend 15 bowed 15 courted 15 refuses 15 undercut 15 opposes 15 ousted 15 welcomes 15 botched 15 dismissing 15 vetoed 15 defends 15 denounced 15 scrapped 15 mulling 15 dropped 15 despite 15 ousting 15 abandoning 14 reviving 14 intensified 14 stalled 14 thwarted 14 made 14 opposed 14 intervened 14 retreated 14 defeated 14 softened 14 denied 14 misguided 14 ditched 14 criticized 14 stave off 14 repeatedly 14 faltered 14 quell 14 receptive 14 unwilling 14 obliged 14 thwart 13 condemned 13 rebuke