as in to dislike
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frown (at or on)
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Having students experience that environment lowers the risk of employers hiring someone who dislikes it.—
Gwendolyn Rak,
IEEE Spectrum,
25 Sep. 2025 -
Still, to adapt an old Jewish joke, some anti-Zionists dislike Israel a little more than is necessary.—
Ian Buruma,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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In the affidavit, a detective noted that Decker — who was divorced from his daughters’ mother — refused to sign a parenting plan that required him to seek mental health treatment and domestic violence anger management.—
Tim Stelloh,
NBC news,
25 Sep. 2025
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These include satellites apparently so secret that the US government refused to identify the agency that owns them.—
Benj Edwards,
ArsTechnica,
25 Sep. 2025
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Prosecutors also sought another charge of making false statements, court documents released Thursday show, but the grand jury rejected it.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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ByteDance and TikTok had challenged the law on First Amendment grounds but the Supreme Court rejected its appeal.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
25 Sep. 2025
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The latest YouGov/Economist poll put his latest approval rating at an all-time low, with 39 percent approving and 57 percent disapproving.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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Arendt, for one, disapproved of using the Eichmann trial for the purposes of Israeli state propaganda.—
Ian Buruma,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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The organization denied any criminal activity.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
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Peng denies such ties, and says Pony’s Chinese expertise may give it advantages in the US — despite the hostile political climate.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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Brendan Carr, the FCC’s chairman, had threatened to revoke the licenses of the network’s affiliates who continued to air Kimmel’s program in light of comments the host made about the fatal shooting of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk earlier in September.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
22 Sep. 2025
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If Heskett is convicted, his certification will be revoked.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
22 Sep. 2025
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Both last names were withheld by organizers for safety reasons.—
Andy Humbles,
Nashville Tennessean,
24 Sep. 2025
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What Happens Next resumes regular programming but remains inaccessible in regions where affiliates controlled by Nexstar and Sinclair are still withholding it.—
Deputy News Editor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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China strongly deplores and firmly opposes the move.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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Since Trump’s return to power, the economic story is one in which even protectionist policies that almost every economist deplores haven’t prevented the American stock market from rising and the American growth machine from churning onward.—
Ross Douthat,
Mercury News,
3 Aug. 2025
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“Frown (at or on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frown%20%28at%20or%20on%29. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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