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This is at root a corporate-governance scandal as much as a spy caper, although we’re not as quick as some to dismiss the espionage element.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
I’d also be critical of, if not totally dismiss, any advice you find on TikTok or Instagram.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026
This is becoming difficult to dismiss as the misjudgement of one businessman or one government department.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
Instead, they organized, challenged their own party, and made themselves harder to dismiss.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2026
I gave a brief history of the case and informed the court that both the defendant and the State were moving the court to dismiss all charges.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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He dismisses it as "rubbish", adding: "The scheme was wildly successful in spreading ownership across the country."
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
Teachout dismisses AI developers’ claims that many of the known problems created by their systems, including hacks of other digital systems, were inadvertent and therefore nobody’s fault.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Constâncio, the former ECB official, dismisses the day-to-day correlation as meaning little, a mix of coincidences and co-movement rather than causation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
He dismisses concerns about its effectiveness, including suggestions that alleviated symptoms could be due to a placebo effect.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
He dismisses us and everyone starts to get ready to go home.
From "Fish in a Tree" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
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Government spokesperson Allan Kasujja dismissed the claims of a succession fallout as "hogwash".
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
Though it had been dismissed by doctors as ineffective and potentially dangerous, laetrile was everywhere, and so was the controversy over it.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2026
Megaspeed denies smuggling, and Beijing has dismissed the spying claims as smears.
From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026
But department insiders have dismissed certain reports — namely any mentioning Gascón — as nothing more than rumors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
Eisenhower had dismissed Kennedy as “that young whippersnapper.”
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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After long dismissing hybrid technology as an unnecessary detour on the path to EVs, the automaker has made a dramatic about-face as Toyota, Honda and Hyundai see their hybrids drive big sales gains this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026
Big Brother told him: "At times it appears that you are dismissing your fellow housemates' feelings and experiences".
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
These realities don’t map to every experience yet following the NPC slander to its logical conclusion can be dangerous: declaring that a person’s alleged lack of inner thinking is justification for dismissing their humanity.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026
“They’ve spent years dismissing SpaceX as a competitive threat while passing on opportunities that might have worked in their favor,” he added.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
“You didn’t see anything,” replied the sergeant, dismissing him with a wave of his hand.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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