as in to shrug off
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Alvarez latched onto a long ball forward by Griezmann, shrugged off a much bigger defender in Jonathan Tah, and then evaded another, Alejandro Grimaldo, to steer a low shot into the net.—
Dermot Corrigan,
The Athletic,
7 Feb. 2025 -
Asia-Pacific markets traded mostly higher overnight, tracking gains on Wall Street Wednesday as investors shrugged off a week of trade turbulence.—
Jenni Reid,Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
6 Feb. 2025
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While some Gazans have rejected emigration, others see it as their only hope.—
Efrat Lachter,
Fox News,
11 Feb. 2025
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Jordan is home to more than 2 million Palestinians and, along with other Arab states, has flatly rejected Mr. Trump's plan to relocate civilians from Gaza.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2025
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Last month, federal prosecutors in Texas dismissed charges against a doctor accused of unlawfully sharing health records from a children's hospital there.—
Carrie Johnson,
NPR,
18 Feb. 2025
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In October, San Diego Superior Court Judge Aaron Katz dismissed the charge against Lor, ruling that the law requires the threat be specific toward the person allegedly threatened.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2025
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Most of your editorials, John Brummett, Rex Nelson, and John Deering, are blatant Trump haters, and their smug, condescending echo-chamber mindsets are constantly denigrating, mocking, and disrespecting at least 64 percent of your potential readers.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
15 Feb. 2025
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On a later episode of SNL, Madonna mocked O’Connor by ripping up a photo of then-tabloid fixture Joey Buttafuoco.—
Shannon Carlin,
TIME,
15 Feb. 2025
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Take Wicked star Cynthia Erivo, who went ethereal in her white macramé cotton lace bustier gown (with a breastplate that defied gravity—get it?).—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
16 Feb. 2025
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But just 35 miles inland from the popular shoreline is the historic town of Milton which defies the traditional ideas of panhandle vacations.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
15 Feb. 2025
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Is his tendency to scorn sentimentality on sight a put-on or a character flaw?—
Rhoda Feng,
Vulture,
3 Feb. 2025
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Most people applauded the owner's quick response, while others scorned her for letting her dogs outside without winter protection.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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There is no right to openly violate the law and disobey law enforcement.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2025
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Todd Orlowski, 53, of Danbury was taken into custody on an arrest warrant on Friday on charges of reckless driving, disobeying signal of an officer and engaging police in pursuit, according to Connecticut State Police.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
14 Jan. 2025
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Fairness, equity and the rule of law combined militate against permitting immigrants who have flouted the law more generously than immigrants who have patiently waited in line for years to obtain proper visas.—
Armstrong Williams,
Orange County Register,
13 Jan. 2025
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The country has legal prohibitions on use of Third Reich-style language and symbols, and there has been more than one case involving prosecution of an AfD figure for flouting those laws.—
Laura King,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Dec. 2024
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