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It will be remembered as a moment when an American president’s disdain for his country’s values was on full display.

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Their shared disdain — and fear — of a free press was evident, from downplaying the killing of Khashoggi to snapping at ABC News reporter Mary Bruce when she asked about his murder.

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It didn’t fit with his zeal for living or his disdain for shortcuts.

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He snorted in disdain and looked at her with his changeable, cockeyed stare.

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Thomas Jefferson disdained the “artificial aristocracy” that marked governments before our own.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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