brushes off
Example Sentences
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And she brushes off those who charge she has ceded sovereignty to the Americans.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025
Although this second season has its share of "Rogue One" cameos, including the return of Forest Whitaker’s Saw Gerrera, it mostly brushes off the franchise’s tendency to sentimentalize.
From Salon • Apr. 22, 2025
The man who chairs this committee, never having reviewed the affidavit, dismisses it as false, and brushes off the witness, a woman, as not credible.
From Slate • Jan. 23, 2025
President López Obrador brushes off talk of a water crisis.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2024
The woman gets to her feet and brushes off her pants.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
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