as in to dislike
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frown (at or on)
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So many people love him and so many people really dislike him.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
22 Feb. 2025 -
What remained unclear is how much of a lasting boost China’s economy could get from the ingenuity of one start-up, or how much confidence the business community could derive from the sudden friendliness of a leader who has a reputation for distrusting and disliking the private sector.—
Li Yuan,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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Nevertheless, a select few, like then San Francisco Giants closer Brian Wilson who famously sported a thick black beard, refused to so much as meet with the Yankees because of the rule.—
Marc Edelman,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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Frame refuses to bask in her exceptionalism, her almost miraculous escape.—
Audrey Wollen,
The New Yorker,
25 Feb. 2025
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Never the favorite of his party's professional advisers, Merz was twice rejected as Merkel's successor as party leader, in 2018 and 2021, before his doggedness won out in 2022.—
Thomas Escritt,
USA TODAY,
24 Feb. 2025
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When this innate drive for self-expansion is unfulfilled within the current relationship, individuals may seek it elsewhere—including through infidelity. Cheating, in this case, isn’t necessarily about rejecting a relationship but about reclaiming a lost sense of self.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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And, by sheer coincidence, these same groups are always on the ground in places where the locals risk behaving in ways in which the EU disapproves — most recently Ukraine, Georgia, Romania and Slovakia.—
Rachel Marsden,
Hartford Courant,
23 Feb. 2025
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According to a recent survey by the Pew Research Center, nearly three-quarters of those polled disapproved of Mr. Trump’s pardons for people convicted of violent crimes, and more than half disliked his pardons for even those convicted of nonviolent offenses.—
Meridith Kohut,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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In 2023, mortgage applications from Black borrowers were denied twice as often as those from white borrowers.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA TODAY,
17 Feb. 2025
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There’s no denying that being a member of a bridal party is a commitment.—
Shelby Wax,
Vogue,
16 Feb. 2025
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For Chad, these trends are reminiscent of hearing his dad, a plant worker, deplore his workplace’s ‘treating employees as numbers’ culture.—
Chris Gallagher,
USA TODAY,
15 Feb. 2025
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The spokesperson’s office at the ministry said in a statement Sunday that China deplored the American action and would file a legal case against it at the World Trade Organization.—
Keith Bradsher,
New York Times,
2 Feb. 2025
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In January, President Donald Trump froze funds earmarked by the Biden administration for a nationwide EV charging network and revoked former President Biden's 2021 executive order setting targets for EVs and emissions standards.—
Will McCurdy,
PCMAG,
23 Feb. 2025
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In that way, the new suit differs from CNN’s legal action in 2018, when the White House revoked correspondent Jim Acosta’s press pass.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN,
21 Feb. 2025
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The state attorney general’s office agreed Metra could withhold the report.—
Sarah Freishtat,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Feb. 2025
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Maine governor Janet Mills and President Trump clashed in a tense exchange at the White House over the president's threat to withhold federal funds from states that allow transgender athletes to play in girls and women's sports.—
Taylor Wilson,
USA TODAY,
24 Feb. 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 1 Mar. 2025.
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