deride
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Deride the IOC for its presumptiveness because it’s deserved.
From Washington Post • Jul. 23, 2021
Deride, de-rīd′, v.t. to laugh at: to mock.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
Deride me not when I tell that to that distinguished personage I was chaste.”
From Rattlin the Reefer by Marryat, Frederick
Deride no man's misfortunes, though there seem to be some cause.
From Our Deportment Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society by Young, John H.
Deride the vanquished, and acclaim The conqueror, who stains her fame, Still the Gods love her, for that of high aim Is this good France, the bleeding thing they stripe.
From Poems — Volume 3 by Meredith, George
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