Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scoffed (at)
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The uptick extended a period of resilient performance for markets, which shrugged off the looming impasse a day earlier.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
1 Oct. 2025 -
The Cubs could have easily shrugged off the 4-1 loss to the Atlanta Braves.—
Sahadev Sharma,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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That it'll either get dismissed by a judge, there'll be a hung jury, there'll be an acquittal.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 Sep. 2025
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While independent reviews have dismissed claims of FBI orchestration, Patel’s criticism of Wray keeps pressure on the bureau, and his contradictory comments to Trump's regarding January 6 highlight divisions within the Republican Party over how to interpret the events at the Capitol.—
Emma Marsden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
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Not in the response from the armed Palestinian group were other provisions detailing Gaza's future, including some Hamas has long rejected.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
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Sancho rejected a contract offer at Manchester City to join Dortmund in 2017.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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Gastineau says the video has led to him being ridiculed and scorned.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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Imagine doing all this as a woman in fifteenth-century Europe, with three children to raise on your own, in a society that scorned women who took up a pen rather than the sewing needle.—
Emily Zarevich,
JSTOR Daily,
23 Sep. 2025
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Rubio lauded Bukele and mocked the Biden administration’s attempts to pressure him.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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In practice, despite his rhetoric, Israel’s longest serving prime minister’s security policy was widely seen as cautious and relatively restrained, even derided as cowardly by political rivals, who also mocked his inability to make decisive moves.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
29 Sep. 2025
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Young people flouted curfews and remained demonstrating near the Parliament building on Tuesday.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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And Johnson was unclear about what recourse the city would have in real time if federal agents, troops, or law enforcement flouted his instructions, beyond suggesting a lawsuit.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Aug. 2025
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Along with allied criminal groups, the syndicate’s crimes led to the deaths of 10 people who disobeyed the group’s management or tried to escape the compounds, according to the Chinese court’s statement.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Scoffed (at).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scoffed%20%28at%29. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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