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Adverb
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The camera then switches from the chaos of the puppy, to the kitten—who is sitting in a relaxed position, blinking slowly, and staring almost disdainfully at the wriggling puppy.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025 -
Bella, in her podcast conversation with Trinny Woodall, recalled that once, at a village post office, a shop assistant disdainfully called her a hippie.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Additional charges included negligently driving a vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner, endangering property, life, and person, as well as recklessly driving a vehicle in wanton and willful disregard for the safety of persons and property.—
Diane J. Cho,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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He was charged with multiple counts, including kidnapping and recklessly endangering another person.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Oct. 2025
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Stanford University water polo coach Brian Flacks treated Cardinal players disrespectfully, but a former university general counsel attorney found that the treatment did not meet Stanford’s standard of retaliation, according to multiple documents obtained by the Southern California News Group.—
Scott M. Reid,
Oc Register,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Saucily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saucily. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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