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Noun
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But yes, Miss Manners agrees that his rudeness justifies your ignoring his comment.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
10 Oct. 2025 -
But Takaichi has taken the strongest stances, decrying the rudeness of foreign tourists and accusing them of abusing the famous deer in Nara.—
Arata Yamamoto,
NBC news,
3 Oct. 2025
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The premiere sees Major Leroy Hanlon (Jovan Adepo) arrive in the predominantly white Derry to swiftly encounter disrespect and racist attacks.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
27 Oct. 2025
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The Israel-Hamas war rattled campuses and spurred disrespect and intolerant behavior on all sides.—
James Druckman,
Mercury News,
17 Oct. 2025
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At least seven different civilian complaints have been lodged against the sergeant, alleging excessive force, discourtesy and abuse of authority.—
Shayla Colon,
New York Times,
11 Dec. 2024
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Henderson then accused her of discourtesy and ordered her transferred to the 73rd Precinct then back to the 79th Precinct in one day.—
Graham Rayman,
New York Daily News,
16 July 2024
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The cuteness quotient with this Advent calendar for your dog is off the charts.—
Christine Persaud,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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But cuteness alone doesn’t explain why so many of us still have a childhood bear tucked away in a closet—or why losing one can feel like a small emotional crisis.—
Marisa McMillan,
Outside,
7 Oct. 2025
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The other side in a debate with common sense is nonsense.—
Danielle Kurtzleben,
NPR,
22 Oct. 2025
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That kind of no-nonsense mentality cuts right through all the nonsense and puts the focus on the work.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Oct. 2025
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Tender Buttons is a celebration of mutability, a rejoinder to rules, where words are set free from the shackles of meaning and grammatical function, made unfamiliar, and charged with power to make the world afresh.—
Via Scribner,
Literary Hub,
7 Oct. 2025
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Mazrui noted, in a rejoinder to the rejoinders, that many of the most fervent letters did not seem to come from Ghana.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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The sheer scale and audacity of the plan were products of Spain’s luckiest century — and may have represented its peak.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
29 Oct. 2025
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But Interview With the Vampire set a precedent for transformative TV from the Immortal Universe, its narrative and visual audacity subverting adaptation tropes and genre storytelling by challenging viewers’ notions of immortality, sexuality, and destiny.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
25 Oct. 2025
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The new artistic ideal is not boldness, but brand safety.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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Against Benfica, his movement off the ball and passing were more promising — but his dribbling falls well below Palmer’s standard and, as with Fernandez, his attacking actions lack the same boldness.—
Cerys Jones,
New York Times,
15 Oct. 2025
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