shrugs off

present tense third-person singular of shrug off

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of shrugs off Trump, by contrast, shreds regular procedures, shrugs off the expertise needed to bring policies to life, and promotes administrative incompetence in order to eliminate any authority other than himself. Russell Muirhead, Foreign Affairs, 5 Sep. 2025 Health and sleep insights feel genuinely useful when planning recovery, and the titanium build shrugs off scrapes. Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shrugs off
Verb
  • An energy policy that ignores this will get traction depending on which party is in office but not beyond that.
    Robert G. Eccles, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • This perspective ignores the need for people to come to decisions together about truth and reality.
    Sara Giordano, The Conversation, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • However, picking better candidates not only makes tactical sense but also removes much of the opportunity for the other side to tear them down.
    Kimberly Ross, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • This agreement removes that barrier to equal access for passengers with disabilities and provides a mechanism to compensate those harmed by Uber's past wait time fee policy.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The organization purchases medical debt for pennies on the dollar and then forgives it, focusing on individuals with high debt-to-income ratios.
    Beth Warren, The Tennessean, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • There are two adult pools, one with an infinity pool option that overlooks the beach.
    Essence, Essence, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The land appropriately overlooks Omaha Beach where many of the Americans lost their lives.
    Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In the sketch, Bargatze plays George Washington and explains the confusing nature of modern-day America.
    Rosa Escandon, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Whereas previous metal pollution records extracted their silt, or evidence from areas far from their sources— upland peat cores or mountain and polar glaciers, Cambridge specifies –the most recent data comes from the epicenter of production, a paleochannel of the River Ure, Cambridge explains.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Disney justifies the acquisition because subscribers pay for monthly subscriptions.
    Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
  • That justifies the team orders to right a wrong.
    Rob Reed, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Patriots went 4-for-14 on third down and 1-for-3 in the red zone against the Raiders, and Maye had some issues with accuracy, firing passes over the heads of wide receiver DeMario Douglas and tight end Hunter Henry.
    Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
  • In 2024, Endries caught 45 passes over the final eight games of the season for Cal, with at least five catches in six of those contests.
    Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025

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“Shrugs off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shrugs%20off. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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