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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frown (at or on)
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As producers of The Fugitive and its Big Pharma bogeyman could tell you, a good conspiracy is made even better when it can be aimed at someone or some group already disliked.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
19 July 2025 -
But the share of people who dislike BOTH parties is only 17%.—
Craig Gilbert,
jsonline.com,
18 July 2025
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The Yankees’ lineup, meanwhile, didn’t put up a fight against Spencer Strider, who refused to surrender a run, walked three and struck out eight over six innings.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
19 July 2025
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Bondi earlier this week refused to answer questions from reporters about the Epstein files.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 July 2025
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New York’s 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Maxwell’s appeal effort last year, finding that the deal drawn up in 2007 and approved the following year only protected Epstein and his coconspirators in South Florida.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
15 July 2025
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If anyone else tries such commands, the AGI and ASI reject them summarily.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Democrats and independents overwhelmingly have expressed displeasure, with 83% and 71% disapproving, respectively.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
18 July 2025
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In Marquette’s polling, 98% of Wisconsin Democrats disapprove of his presidency.—
Craig Gilbert,
jsonline.com,
18 July 2025
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So with his conviction and prison stay, Larson was denied access.—
Savannah Leigh Richardson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 July 2025
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Paxton, during the trial, denied having the affair.—
Ty Roush,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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Ogles’ comments come as the Trump Administration has signed executive orders in an attempt to eliminate DEI programs, in addition to revoking the student visas of international students at universities throughout the country.—
Ruben Montoya,
The Tennessean,
19 July 2025
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The call for ideas also follows the department’s decision just one day earlier to revoke $4 billion in funding from California’s high-speed rail project.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
17 July 2025
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The attorney general previously claimed more documents would be released, but did not give any timeline for doing so, and publicly blamed the FBI for allegedly withholding thousands of documents from her office.—
Alison Durkee,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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The identities of a 77-year-old man and a 70-year-old woman were being withheld pending family notification.—
Abigail Adams,
People.com,
15 July 2025
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China strongly deplores and firmly opposes this, and has protested to Japan...—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 July 2025
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Surely, Beijing would use its growing diplomatic muscle to isolate Israel and the U.S., demand an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council, and introduce a resolution deploring the two governments that were attacking China’s ally.—
Leon Aron,
The Atlantic,
29 June 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 24 Jul. 2025.
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