as in to dislike
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frown (at or on)
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One of The Witcher’s core ideas is that the commonfolk dislike and distrust witchers, viewing them less as citizens than a necessary evil.—
Scott Meslow,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025 -
The Kele tribe voted wellness specialist Shannon Fairweather out — which was the goal for Sage Ahrens-Nichols, who had grown to dislike Fairweather.—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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But the union filed a lawsuit in November 2023, alleging that the tribe had refused to select an arbitrator to conduct the card-counting process.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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One teen said Scarr routinely pressured him for oral sex, including in the sanctuary, and threatened to kill himself if the boy refused.—
Mike Hixenbaugh,
NBC news,
30 Oct. 2025
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The 2023 edition opened a month later as Israel intensified its bombing campaign on Gaza, which has since killed more than 67,000 people, injured another 170,000 and razed the Palestinian territory to the ground, prompting accusations of genocide, which Israel has strongly rejected.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
30 Oct. 2025
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Wyden’s aide rejected outright the concept that the Finance Committee lacks proper jurisdiction.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
30 Oct. 2025
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Several proposals fell through over the years because residents or city officials disapproved.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
29 Oct. 2025
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Trump is much more assured of surviving this week’s Senate votes, which disapprove of his tariffs on Brazil and Canada plus his global levies, but the whiplash of his trade agenda is clearly wearing on GOP senators.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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His latest appeal was denied for review by the Wisconsin Supreme Court in May 2025, at which time Zellner announced her intent to file a petition in federal court, per the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.—
Nicole Briese,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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Earlier this month, Ted Cruz said that more than 50,000 Christians have been killed in Nigeria since 2009, a claim the Nigerian government denies.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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The administration has also detained and revoked the visas of several activists supportive of Palestinian causes.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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Upon taking office later that month, former President Joe Biden moved to narrow the scope of the lease in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, placing a temporary moratorium on oil and gas activity in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and revoked the permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
3 Nov. 2025
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The administration has withheld routine forms of assistance from Taiwan—including by downgrading a defense dialogue with the island, denying Taiwanese President William Lai the ability to briefly visit the United States while traveling elsewhere, and blocking a major arms sales package.—
Mira Rapp-Hooper,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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Many of her supplies this week will go to her IHSS client, who was notified that her SNAP benefits would be withheld for November.—
Kate Wolffe,
Sacbee.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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Saft deplores this conciliatory blandness.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
20 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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“Frown (at or on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frown%20%28at%20or%20on%29. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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