as in to shrug off
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Investors mostly shrugged off a weaker-than-expected gain in December retail sales and a higher-than-expected jump in weekly unemployment claims.—
Medora Lee,
USA TODAY,
16 Jan. 2025 -
Stocks shrugged off inflation concerns U.S. stocks eked out a small gain on Wednesday even though the 10-year Treasury yield touched to its highest since April following the release of the Fed’s minutes.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
9 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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Greens, blues, and reds remain masculine while rejecting the conventions of more conservative styles.—
Ian Malone,
Vogue,
18 Jan. 2025
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King’s request to dismiss the federal agencies also said U.S. District Courts have jurisdiction on Freedom of Information Act requests in civil matters, as well as the claims alleging the State Department was negligent.—
Jeff A. Chamer,
Charlotte Observer,
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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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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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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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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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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Whoever is chosen to replace Trudeau as leader of the Liberals faces a vicious uphill battle to win back voters feeling scorned by the outgoing government.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
7 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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