as in to shrug off
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scoff (at)
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Robust turf growth is often able to shrug off occasional grub pressure, so care well for your lawn by supplying necessary nutrients and water.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 June 2025 -
What’s strange is that the market appears to have shrugged off heavy loads that have been weighing it down since March.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
26 June 2025
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New York Senator Julia Salazar, who was among the electeds observing hearings Thursday called for New Yorkers to reject what is happening inside lower Manhattan immigration courts.—
Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
5 July 2025
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But her boss rejects her resignation, and offers her a new assignment: find Xavier, the mysterious kingpin whose power reaches all the way to the Oval Office.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
4 July 2025
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The decision dismissed most claims in the lawsuit filed by authors who alleged that their books were used, without permission, to train Anthropic’s Claude AI models.—
Tor Constantino,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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The Post, like much of New York city’s establishment, was already dismissing Mamdani as too extreme to win in the Democratic mayoral primary.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
30 June 2025
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And of course, that following Sunday, Oliver did indeed mock his corporate bosses for the move.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
8 July 2025
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Many wanted Tiger to comment, but others chose to mock Williams.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 July 2025
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Can the Thunder defy the odds and maintain that core?—
Bryan Toporek,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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In the rugged Scottish Highlands, Julia and Henry Beauchamp (Irvine), as well as Ellen MacKenzie (Slater) and Brian Fraser (Roy), must defy the forces that seek to tear them apart, intersecting the couples in surprising and unforeseen ways.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
10 July 2025
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True to its name, the community for many years served as a target of laughter and scorn.—
Jeffrey Steele,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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Kidman, who was 54 at the time, was both praised and scorned for the glaring youthfulness of her skin-baring look.—
Laura Neilson,
Vogue,
30 May 2025
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Summer classes and programs are still underway in South Florida and the county’s school zone cameras are still active, just waiting to mail you a ticket for disobeying the speed zone.—
Cordell Jones
July 6,
Miami Herald,
6 July 2025
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Her word was law and anyone who disobeyed it was punished.—
Carolyn Wells,
Longreads,
27 June 2025
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The administration's lawsuit, filed in Baltimore, argues that the standing order runs afoul of U.S. Supreme Court precedent governing the standards for how courts can issue injunctions and flouts congressional intent.—
Nate Raymond,
USA Today,
26 June 2025
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Unfortunately, some states, including California, have continued to flout Bruen’s clear language.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
25 June 2025
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