as in face
the front part of the head
hey, I could do without seeing your ugly pan for a few days
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as in to blame
to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of
virtually all the movie critics have panned this latest sequel in a tired series
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Recent Examples of pan
Bestreviews, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2025
Plus: How Patina vet Ellen Ramos is reimagining classic Mexican pan dulce at Santa Canela in Highland Park; Villa’s Tacos founder Victor Villa has opened a third location; and Sama, a new hand roll bar in the Arts District.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025
Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Politics Legal experts pan Trump’s Supreme Court appeal on birthright citizenship
March 14, 2025
Trump’s lawyers said those rulings went too far.
—David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Drip tray Many electric grills have a drip tray or pan that catches the grease and fat that cooks off from your food.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2025
Plus: How Patina vet Ellen Ramos is reimagining classic Mexican pan dulce at Santa Canela in Highland Park; Villa’s Tacos founder Victor Villa has opened a third location; and Sama, a new hand roll bar in the Arts District.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025
Verb
Right after the camera quickly pans to Shaquille O'Neal, Hanna began spilling the beans.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Politics Legal experts pan Trump’s Supreme Court appeal on birthright citizenship
March 14, 2025
Trump’s lawyers said those rulings went too far.
—David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
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The introduction of House bills that suggest shades of Turkmenistan: proposing to make Trump’s birthday a federal holiday, or to carve his face on Mount Rushmore, or to put his image on a new two-hundred-and-fifty-dollar bill.—
Jia Tolentino,
New Yorker,
3 May 2025
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Kerley is reportedly alleged to have hit Johnson in the face, causing her nose to bleed.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
3 May 2025
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Economists are clashing over whether the $20 wage is to blame.—
Natasha Chen,
CNN Money,
2 May 2025
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In October, the gang was blamed for killing more than 70 people in Pont-Sondé, the biggest massacre in Haiti’s recent history.—
Dánica Coto,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2025
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The late pope criticized both laissez-faire capitalism and state-centric socialism, giving shape to a distinctly Catholic vein of economic teaching.—
Nicole Winfield,
Chicago Tribune,
10 May 2025
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Several Democratic members of Congress criticized her firing.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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The actor, then 20, was at home that day with his family in Pompano Beach, Fla., when detectives knocked on the door.—
Brianne Tracy,
People.com,
2 May 2025
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And in Game 5, Doncic injured his back, James knocked knees and Reaves struggled with his outside shot and ability to create separation off drives.—
Dan Woike,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2025
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And now, the family is suing the producers and distributors of the documentary, including Disney and National Geographic, faulting them for the slaying.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
6 May 2025
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In the 1935 ruling, the court upheld for-cause removal protections for Federal Trade Commission members, faulting Roosevelt's firing of a commissioner for policy differences.—
John Kruzel,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
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The decision was immediately condemned by transgender rights activists contacted by Reuters.—
Phil Stewart,
USA Today,
9 May 2025
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Long been derided as tacky, commercial non-art, sitcoms with background laughter over the years have been condemned as a dystopian form of joke mind control.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
9 May 2025
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“Pan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pan. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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