disdain
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College taught me to investigate the “great” composers who mattered and disdain those of no value.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 25, 2026
Another point in Europe’s favor is that international investors view the region much like Bessent does, with indifference if not disdain.
From MarketWatch β Sep. 9, 2026
Taylor has never hidden her disdain for the circus of fight-week theatre, preferring the sanctuary of the gym.
From BBC β Sep. 4, 2026
Caesar affected to disdain high office but in 27 B.C. maneuvered the Senate into bestowing upon him, as Agrippa relates, “the dignified honorific of Augustus—‘the Revered One’—close to, but not quite, divine.”
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 28, 2026
Jesper couldn’t keep the disdain from his voice.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
With no action expected on rates on Wednesday, the attention will be on him: Will he submit a forecast for rate projections he disdains?
From The Wall Street Journal β Jun. 15, 2026
The former Fox News personality, who served as an Army National Guard infantry officer in Iraq and Afghanistan, disdains rules of engagement and other guardrails as constraining to the “warrior ethos.”
From Salon β Mar. 11, 2026
The trouble is, if you don’t care about what you do, if part of you disdains what you do, your only concern is what the work gets you.
From Washington Post β Nov. 29, 2022
He’s done everything the old-fashioned way: He disdains analytics and uses them “as little as possible.”
From Los Angeles Times β Nov. 24, 2022
Do you see how awful it is to be in love with someone who disdains you?
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
Air conditioning, long disdained in France, is "no longer taboo at all", Jehanno said.
From Barron's β Aug. 11, 2026
Forster’s marriage also brought him suffering—he was disdained by his wife and cuckolded by his friends—indeed, his marital situation may have given Goethe the basis for his 1809 novel “Elective Affinities.”
From The Wall Street Journal β Jun. 12, 2026
But the nearer Manzo was to the center of traditional politics, the more he disdained them.
From Los Angeles Times β May 18, 2026
In Sondheim’s body of work, Okrent searches for the autobiographical resonances that Sondheim himself mostly disdained.
From Los Angeles Times β Mar. 17, 2026
In both his dress and his manner, he disdained all festivity.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
Elon Musk, best known for disdaining fossil fuels and selling close to 10 million electric vehicles, is actively advocating natural-gas turbines for data centers and chip factories.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 23, 2026
Nxe3 Bf6!, again disdaining the rook on h4 to keep the attack humming.
From Washington Times β Dec. 19, 2023
He was a true icon, prowling the world in search of glamour and beauty, disdaining “dreckitude.”
From New York Times β Jan. 22, 2022
He has few friends in politics, having flaunted his purity through the muddy streets of government for decades, disdaining all who compromise.
From Washington Post β Feb. 14, 2020
But I grew angry at the thought of the three men disdaining Cristiana.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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