as in dismissals
treatment that is deliberately unfriendly
the mayor tends to give anyone under voting age the brush-off
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Noun
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Finances could bear the early dismissals, too.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2026 -
Cowdin describes more subtle—but no less damaging—dismissals.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
6 Jan. 2026
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At least seven grand jury rejections have occurred across five different cases since the administration’s crime and security surge crackdown began in August.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
1 Jan. 2026
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Extraordinary rejections Granted, all these grand juries were in liberal jurisdictions, but their rejections of prosecutors’ claims are still striking, since indictments are usually notoriously easy to secure.—
Michelle Goldberg,
Mercury News,
30 Dec. 2025
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Ahead of the 32nd annual Actor Awards ceremony on Sunday, March 1, streaming live on Netflix, read on for some of this year’s biggest snubs and shocks.—
Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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Other snubs include forwards Cole Caufield (20 goals), Alex DeBrincat (21 goals, 41 points), Alex Tuch, Troy Terry, Cutter Gauthier and Matthew Knies and defensemen Lane Hutson and Jackson Lacombe.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
2 Jan. 2026
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“Brush-offs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brush-offs. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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