Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 69 rebuffed 64 rejecting 56 rejected 51 rejects 50 resisted 47 resisting 44 dismissing 44 reject 42 ignoring 40 agreeing 40 pressuring 40 refusing 40 refused 39 persuading 39 accepting 39 balked 38 repeated 37 prompting 37 unwilling 37 refuses 36 dismissed 36 denying 36 thwarted 36 unsolicited 35 abandoning 35 insisting 35 persuaded 35 denied 34 takeover 34 accepts 34 responding 34 ignores 34 convincing 34 defended 34 brushed 34 persuade 34 defying 33 defied 33 welcomes 33 denies 33 ignored 33 willing 32 seeking 32 mulling 32 reversing 32 shrugged 32 despite 32 backing 32 refusal 32 inviting 32 unsuccessful 32 failed 32 amid 32 rejection 32 siding 32 countered 32 soliciting 31 pursuing 31 fend 31 dismiss 31 pressured 31 downplayed 31 reviving 31 woo 31 rival 31 asserting 31 quell 31 thwart 30 receptive 30 oust 30 defends 30 failing 30 embattled 30 repeating 30 takeover bid 30 retreated 30 backed 30 negotiating 30 accept 30 pushing 30 forcing 30 renewing 30 delaying 29 abandon 29 beleaguered 29 angered 29 prompted 29 approving 29 responded 29 misguided 29 stave off 29 denounced 29 sweeping 29 agreed 29 agrees 29 asking 28 reluctantly 28 softened 28 withdrawing 28 calling 28 fielding