as in to rebel (against)
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scoff (at)
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Supervisors Shanti Landon, Anthony DeMattei and Suzanne Jones made up the three votes rejecting the loan.—
Ashley Sharp,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026 -
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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Mangione's defense team is also trying to get two federal counts against him, including the one that brings the possibility of the death penalty, dismissed.—
Lisa Rozner,
CBS News,
23 Jan. 2026
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Buss reportedly was upset with the way James dismissed his part in pursuing Westbrook and blamed others after the move failed, according to ESPN.—
Janis Carr,
Oc Register,
23 Jan. 2026
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Trump’s comments were also shrugged off by EU Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra and Vestas CEO Henrik Andersen.—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
23 Jan. 2026
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Sitting beside him, Europe’s leaders shrugged off the importance of the US to European security.—
Clare Sebastian,
CNN Money,
22 Jan. 2026
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Promoted domestically as a tale of peasant uprising, the film later became a cult curiosity abroad, often mocked for its special effects but recognized as one of the country’s most technically ambitious productions.—
Will Ripley,
CNN Money,
21 Jan. 2026
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Some meme makers are admirers of Kirk who want to valorize him; some are neo-Nazis out to mock Kirk for not being extreme enough (while also drawing attention to their cause); some are liberals trying to troll conservatives; many are surely apolitical types having a nonsensical laugh.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
20 Jan. 2026
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Ellison said during a press conference Sunday that if federal officials openly defy the court order, state officials will pursue legal recourse.—
Imani Cruzen,
Mercury News,
26 Jan. 2026
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Over the course of his career, director Yorgos Lanthimos has crafted a distinct style of absurdist, surrealist and genre-defying filmmaking with projects like The Lobster, Poor Things and Bugonia.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Jan. 2026
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If Damsky returns to law school, some classmates will treat him as a social pariah who deserves scorn.—
Conor Friedersdorf,
The Atlantic,
26 Jan. 2026
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Like a lot of messy divorces, this started with a wandering eye, a lover scorned and boils down to the money.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
21 Jan. 2026
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The fact that on this occasion senior officers chose a very light touch, preserving still-new representative institutions while not directly disobeying a direct presidential order, is extraordinary – and deserves far more comment and commendation than has been received.—
Arthur I. Cyr,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Jan. 2026
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But when Torre walked off the mound, first baseman Tino Martinez looked at Weathers and told him to disobey his manager.—
Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
14 Jan. 2026
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Some churches flouted state and local health mandates and stayed open, reorienting their entire ministries around the issue and highlighting the irony that, in some states, liquor stores were permitted to operate while houses of worship were not.—
Sam Kestenbaum,
Vulture,
2 Jan. 2026
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At this old-school SoHo institution, the white tablecloths, pressed tin ceilings, and $58 steak au poivre belie a long history of button-pushing and rule-flouting.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Dec. 2025
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“Scoff (at).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scoff%20%28at%29. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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