as in to dislike
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Some residents disliked the high-security atmosphere in the usually quiet city.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
14 Oct. 2025 -
Here are six seemingly polite habits that party hosts actually dislike.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
14 Oct. 2025
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During one heated exchange, immigration agents who did not want to be captured on body camera footage refused to invite FBI agents along for an arrest operation, one of the sources said.—
Josh Campbell,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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According to Film Workers for Palestine, the pledge was inspired by Filmmakers United Against Apartheid, a group founded by high-profile directors such as Jonathan Demme and Martin Scorsese, which demanded that the film industry refuse to distribute work in South Africa.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Oct. 2025
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The council had already rejected Allied once before, months earlier, over settlements — including back wages — that the company has had to pay out to current and former employees.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
17 Oct. 2025
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Teachers, students, and parents alike rejected the $850 million effort.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
17 Oct. 2025
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Naturally, voters within the president’s own party were more likely to view his handling of fiscal policy favorably (80 percent), though 83 percent of Democrats and 57 percent of independents disapprove.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
14 Oct. 2025
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The latest ActiVote poll from September showed that 94 percent of left-wing voters disapprove of Trump, while 92 percent of right-wing voters approve, and 41 percent in the center approve.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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Upon the basis of these findings, Congress declares that the constitutional right of citizens to vote is denied or abridged in some areas by the requirement of the payment of a poll tax as a precondition to voting.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
17 Oct. 2025
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The administration says the white South African farmers face discrimination and violence in South Africa, which the country’s government denies.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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The administration has also revoked visas for more than 20 judges in Brazil and 14 political and business figures in Costa Rica, including former president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Oscar Arias.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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More than a dozen others have also seen their visas revoked, according to Reuters.—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
14 Oct. 2025
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Curriculums teach about the laws and governmental acts in place that withheld education and advancement from the enslaved, but skip over the intellect and radical acts Black people achieved anyway.—
Taylor Cassidy,
Time,
15 Oct. 2025
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The president has talked of withholding federal funds if the Democrat is elected.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
15 Oct. 2025
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Among the celebrities to deplore the news of Norwood being signed to an agency are Emily Blunt, Toni Colette, Melissa Barrera, Natasha Lyonne and Whoopi Goldberg.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Oct. 2025
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China strongly deplores and firmly opposes the move.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 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 19 Oct. 2025.
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