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as in disdaining
to show contempt for
one presidential candidate presents himself as an outsider who has long been high-hatted by the Beltway elite
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as in isolating
to deliberately ignore or treat rudely
was high-hatted by an old college friend who's now a power player on Wall Street
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In past outbreaks of the Andes virus, taking steps such as isolating people who are sick — and asking those who aren’t sick but have been exposed to stay away from others — have brought outbreaks to an end.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026 -
Plenty of teams have found joy by isolating Chelsea’s defenders with a long ball over the top and City are not above doing so.—
Cerys Jones,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
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Salieri goes from hating Mozart from afar to interacting with him constantly, and Mozart from an innocent turning to Salieri for advice to a more socially attuned figure immediately aware of Salieri’s disinterest in creative solidarity.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
11 May 2026
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Not to mention the mental energy spent hating someone.—
Dr. Howard Tucker,
CNBC,
10 May 2026
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But the system kept rejecting it, saying my Colorado driver license wasn’t from the United States.—
Christopher Elliott,
Mercury News,
15 May 2026
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When Nita rebuffs the advances of the lightweight cad Christophe (who’s Pierre’s brother), that’s the one focused emotion in the movie — a woman rejecting workplace harassment.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
14 May 2026
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When a referee is missing calls and clearly disrespecting the players, almost mocking them, they must be held accountable.—
Doug Haller,
New York Times,
24 Apr. 2026
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The guard then went to Ada’s table and — according to the girl’s parents — spoke to Ada and her mother aggressively about disrespecting and harassing people.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
26 Mar. 2026
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The Tempo didn’t make things easy, cutting the deficit to two points late and later trailing by just three with 31 seconds remaining and possession of the ball.—
Marisa Ingemi,
Los Angeles Times,
16 May 2026
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The bridge demonstrates a new, lighter approach to low-carbon infrastructure, cutting waste and CO₂ by depositing concrete only where needed.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
16 May 2026
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While there are dismemberments and other bits of gruesome violence to be found in the film, Badlands is largely aimed at endearing its audience rather than repulsing them.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Nov. 2025
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But Minogue is catching flack from multiple angles for challenging Healey to debates while snubbing numerous requests from fellow Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Shortsleeve, who made the ballot with just over 15% of the vote at the convention.—
Tim Dunn,
Boston Herald,
2 May 2026
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After decades of snubbing fungi as parasites or passive tubes, the escalating tally of their functions has led researchers to consider mycorrhizae a missing link in climate studies.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
6 Apr. 2026
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This summer, fight against the bite with bug-repelling hacks, like a Zevo bug trap and Thermacell mosquito repellent—no smelly chemicals required.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 May 2026
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Other deterrents act by repelling insects and disease organisms.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
9 May 2026
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“High-hatting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high-hatting. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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