as in to dislike
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frown (at or on)
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Many fans have grown to dislike the Dodgers for spending their way into contention.—
Aaliyan Mohammed,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025 -
Nobody dislikes uncertainty more than the markets dislike uncertainty.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
30 Sep. 2025
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My adoptive parents had refused to allow contact or send pictures, and didn’t tell me about her attempt to communicate with us for years after the fact.—
Nicole Chung,
The Atlantic,
2 Oct. 2025
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Federal officials refused to return him, accusing him of being a gang member, despite judges’ orders that he should be sent back to the United States.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
2 Oct. 2025
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The letter also called for the return of mandatory standardized testing in university admissions and for universities to report the anonymous scores and grades of accepted and rejected students.—
Helen Rummel,
AZCentral.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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In a June ruling, a three-judge Kansas Court of Appeals panel rejected Kobach’s arguments in no uncertain terms.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
2 Oct. 2025
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Put another way, the share of voters in his own party who disapprove of his performance on specific issues ranges from very small on the border (12%) to more than a quarter on tariffs (28%) to approaching half on inflation (43%).—
Craig Gilbert,
jsonline.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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The poll also found more Democrats disapproved than approved of their own party leaders' job performance in Congress, with 59% disapproving and 40% approving.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
2 Oct. 2025
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Republicans argue Democrats want to fund health care for immigrants in the country illegally, a claim Democrats deny.—
Todd Spangler,
Freep.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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Once there, she was assigned a bare mattress on the floor and denied religious accommodations, including Halal meals, her lawyers said.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
3 Oct. 2025
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In April, more than 4,700 international students across the country had their immigration status revoked before it was unexpectedly restored weeks later.—
David Ferrara,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
30 Sep. 2025
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Each person controls who can use their likeness and can revoke or delete any cameo videos.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Sep. 2025
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The host explained to Kimmel that the news was first delivered to him in a lengthy phone call with his manager, James Dixon, who withheld the information for a few days while Colbert was on vacation.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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Slusser alleged that the school withheld knowledge that Fleming was male, all while the coaches paired her with Fleming in hotel rooms for away trips at Fleming's request.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
1 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 8 Oct. 2025.
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