as in to shrug off
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Markets shrugged off a rise in first-time jobless claims last week to 223,000, a six-week high driven by Californians displaced due to the wildfires.—
Medora Lee,
USA TODAY,
23 Jan. 2025 -
Julian Alvarez showed superb determination and technique to shrug off much bigger defender Jonathan Tah and fire a shot low into the net.—
Dermot Corrigan,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
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But in September 2022 the new constitution was voted down, rejected in all 16 regions in Chile.—
Sammy Feldblum,
The Dial,
30 Jan. 2025
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The passage of the bill signals a GOP civil war brewing between DeSantis and Perez and Albritton, who rejected the governor's immigration proposal in favor of their own plan.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
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In his memo, Mizelle also instructed the department to dismiss three existing FACE Act cases.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA TODAY,
24 Jan. 2025
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What’s more, tech companies have hired workers in growing areas such as AI while at the same time dismissing workers in less-promising sectors.—
George Avalos,
The Mercury News,
24 Jan. 2025
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Shelton specifically referenced the incident where Tony Jones of Channel 9 mocked Novak Djokovic and his fans on air, causing Djokovic to skip a post-match interview with Jim Courier.—
Adam Zagoria,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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They were also nominated for worst screen combo, another blow for the movie that Golden Globes host Nikki Glaser ruthlessly mocked in her monologue earlier this month.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA TODAY,
22 Jan. 2025
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Ali, now 31, has defied her initial diagnosis, thanks to treatment from her mother's indomitable efforts, and so have so many more living with NMO.—
Brittany Talarico,
People.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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With this 1975 gem of an album, Mitchell offers an intoxicating graduate course in the arts of songwriting, defying expectations and steadfastly refusing to compromise.—
George Varga,
The Mercury News,
12 Jan. 2025
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Trump has long scorned the very notion of domestic extremism, dismissing it as overblown or invented.—
Will Carless,
USA TODAY,
10 Jan. 2025
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After the Iron Curtain fell, tennis exploded in the former communist countries, where tennis had long been scorned as a pursuit of the bourgeoisie.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
The Athletic,
16 Jan. 2025
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Philippine police have filed criminal complaints against Duterte and her security staff for allegedly assaulting authorities and disobeying orders in an altercation in Congress over the brief detention of her chief of staff, who was accused of hampering the congressional inquiry.—
Jim Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Dec. 2024
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Also not computing: Where the hell does Ben get off disobeying Chief Altman’s orders?—
Laura Bradley,
Vulture,
21 Nov. 2024
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If the United States flouts the rules, authoritarians and other illiberal leaders need no further excuse to break them at will, inflicting horror on their own people and inciting instability beyond their borders.—
Sarah Yager,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Jan. 2025
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Some within the conservative camp have expressed alarm at the party’s embrace of a group that most mainstream conservatives had previously kept at arm’s length, as well as the persecution of legislators who have flouted the party line to support the president’s impeachment and arrest.—
Max Kim,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Jan. 2025
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