as in to dislike
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Peabody shares fell 21% in the fourth quarter, as investors disliked its acquisition of the metallurgical coal business of Anglo American.—
John Dorfman,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025 -
Add in above-average tools as a passer and shooter (though his skill is not high-end), an effective game in the dirty areas, a solid work rate and a willingness to compete and battle, and there’s not a lot to dislike.—
Scott Wheeler,
The Athletic,
18 Jan. 2025
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The death toll remains at 24, including a former child actor from Australia, a surfer from Malibu and a 67-year-old amputee who refused to leave his disabled son behind.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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Hill-Veal said after her husband refused to give up his his seat at the request of a white passenger, she was accused of slamming the door to the first class restroom and told to use the restroom at the back of the plane.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
20 Jan. 2025
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Greens, blues, and reds remain masculine while rejecting the conventions of more conservative styles.—
Ian Malone,
Vogue,
18 Jan. 2025
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While the Obama administration rejected Cheney’s outsized role for itself, Joe Biden still became a close adviser and helped achieve administration goals.—
Roy Brownell,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Jan. 2025
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Trump's Approval Is Still Low According to the latest 538 average, Trump's approval rating is still below 50 percent and slightly underwater, with 46.7 percent approving and 47.8 percent disapproving.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
20 Jan. 2025
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One of my most powerful sources of inspiration and rebellion was a steady diet of film and music that my community disapproved of — and as a part of that program, I was obsessed with David Lynch.—
Claire Hoffman,
Rolling Stone,
18 Jan. 2025
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And the Supreme Court has reaffirmed it in the years since — including in the 1982 case Plyler v. Doe, which held that states cannot deny students a free public education based on their immigration status.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
23 Jan. 2025
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Following that conviction, the former senator has lodged several attempts to overturn the verdict or receive a new trial, all of which have been denied.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
23 Jan. 2025
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Fair enough; the market doesn’t always deliver great results, and Hayes is right to deplore the commodification of intellectual life.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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People will decide to read things that would be deplored by literary critics or anti-smut campaigners or religious clerics or card-carrying rationalists.—
Kwame Anthony Appiah,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2025
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The legal authority to revoke birthright citizenship is a matter of significant debate.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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The order particularly directs the Interior Department to reinstate drillings rights there that were revoked under the Biden administration and seeks to review a lease sale there by the Biden administration that ultimately flopped.—
Rachel Frazin,
The Hill,
21 Jan. 2025
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Some State Department officials argued in vain that Israel was intentionally withholding food and medicine from desperate Palestinians.—
Edward Wong,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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MacLachlan’s work as Dougie is an astonishingly precise, funny comedic performance, but many viewers grew impatient waiting for the real Cooper to appear — which The Return withheld until the last two episodes of an 18-episode season.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Frown (at or on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frown%20%28at%20or%20on%29. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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