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None allow for import taxes in response to international disagreements over foreign policy or because a president dislikes another country’s domestic policies.—
Howard Gleckman,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026 -
Brianna Untener, the founder of Brianna Scott Interiors, also dislikes large towel bars and suggests upgrading to more stylish hooks.—
Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
19 Jan. 2026
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Many of Cure’s products are imported—German beer, French cheese and Spanish Marcona almonds, which Bodenheimer refuses to substitute.—
Irene Adeline Milanez,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
28 Jan. 2026
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But Ellison refuses to go away.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
28 Jan. 2026
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Saft deplores this conciliatory blandness.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
20 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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My husband, who still works, strongly disapproves of this.—
Jeanne Phillips,
Mercury News,
24 Jan. 2026
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But his needy, overbearing, hypochondriacal mother, Rebecca (Fran Drescher), disapproves of him bailing on a steady retail job to pursue a fakakte dream of sports stardom in a sport nobody cares about.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Dec. 2025
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Court denies Brad Raffensperger’s legal challenge.—
Adam Beam,
AJC.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Reyna’s lawyer, Theodore Batsakis, said his client denies killing Villalba but declined to comment further.—
Matthew Ormseth,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
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Hemingway rejects the idea that one thing can explain another.—
Akhil Sharma,
New Yorker,
28 Jan. 2026
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Kaiser flatly rejects the notion that the strike is about anything other than reimbursement.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Frowns (at or on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frowns%20%28at%20or%20on%29. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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