as in to dislike
to hold an unfavorable opinion of
a usage that is frowned upon by some grammarians
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Anthropic claims it is being shut out of government contracts for disagreeing with the administration and argues the legal principles at stake affect every federal contractor whose views the government dislikes.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
27 Mar. 2026 -
People who dislike Minnelli’s singing maintain that her outer bombast conceals an inner void.—
Matt Weinstock,
New Yorker,
25 Mar. 2026
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Rogers, reportedly to the shock of those in attendance, backed up Microsoft by criticizing the work of the auditors.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
23 Mar. 2026
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Lee criticized the failure of Bondi's DOJ to take new action against Epstein associates, even as the United Kingdom has made arrests based on information in the latest releases of files.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Frown (on or upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frown%20%28on%20or%20upon%29. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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