as in to shrug off
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More: 'Boys will be boys': White House shrugs off tariff feud between top Trump aides Tillis’ Democratic opponent posted a video on social media Wednesday hitting the GOP senator on tariffs.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2025 -
Still, investors shrugged off the backward-looking data as stocks suffered a second day of selloffs over sweeping new tariffs announced by President Donald Trump earlier this week.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
4 Apr. 2025
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Hours before the scheduled execution on Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a final appeal by Mendoza's attorneys to stop the execution.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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Guo, the spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, rejected Trump’s assertions suggesting progress toward a trade deal.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
24 Apr. 2025
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Heyman dismissed fans on social media who have failed to give Rollins his flowers, saying he’s seen pro wrestlers fail in the ring and seen praise on social media for them while others spout nonsense while ignoring historical facts.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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On March 4, the day the order to show cause was to be heard, the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office dismissed the case.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
19 Apr. 2025
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The show and its participants were even parodied on Saturday Night Live in January, with comedian Ego Nwodim playing Amuli, and other cast members mocking people’s poor conversation skills and unintelligent dating decisions.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
10 Apr. 2025
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Altman mocked Musk by making a counter-offer to buy X for $9.7 billion.—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
10 Apr. 2025
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Are those immigrant rights advocates morally justified encouraging and enabling migrants to remain here, defying enforcement of federal laws?—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Apr. 2025
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Tune-in over the years has continued to defy gravity despite cord-cutting.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
17 Apr. 2025
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Many Americans scorn the Ukrainian flag and people who display it.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
14 Apr. 2025
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Among the biggest global hits has been the XXL Size Wife franchise — the storyline follows a plus-size woman who loses weight and seeks revenge on those who’ve scorned her — which has been remade from its original Chinese into eight languages, including English, Arabic and Portuguese.—
Mathew Scott,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Mar. 2025
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Boasberg earlier this week found probable cause that the Trump administration committed criminal contempt by disobeying his ruling, only to see the Supreme Court rule that only judges where migrants are being held have jurisdiction to halt their removal.—
Jasmine Garsd,
NPR,
19 Apr. 2025
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The timing of Lopez Gomez’s arrest, first reported by the Florida Phoenix, raises questions about whether the court order was disobeyed.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
18 Apr. 2025
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He had been suspended for flouting weight regulations, stripped of his informants and demoted to monitoring wiretaps.—
Christopher Goffard,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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First, by issuing reasoned, carefully argued decisions that hold the executive to account for flouting legal norms, courts can help buy time for the public and the private sector and inform them how to confront a changing presidency.—
Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Scoff (at).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scoff%20%28at%29. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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