shrug

“There was a time in the history of running I was the best person walking the earth in that event,” he said with a shrug and a smile.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

But this has been met with a collective shrug at barricaded school gates across the country.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Revisiting the movie through this lens offers plenty of important wisdom that its detractors were quick to shrug off.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

That will help them shrug off the spike in rates, Whalen says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Nan answered my pleading look with a discreet shrug.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

When asked if he has any concern about writing about a church that has a history of pushing back hard against critics, Lorre shrugs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

He shrugs off the reporter’s inquiries; his attitude says “stuff happens.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

"Homer is 2,800 years old, while the Turkish-Greek border is only a century old," he shrugs.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

She shrugs off Maddie getting faint at dance class because she threw up her lunch.

From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026

Clem shrugs and we walk side by side up another block.

From "Finding Langston" by Lesa Cline-Ransome

He shrugged off the prospect of more fighting.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Secretary of State Marco Rubio shrugged that “it just sort of happened.”

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

The bond market just shrugged off the kind of news that should have sent yields higher.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Investors shrugged off the Swedish telecommunications-equipment maker’s warning that higher component costs will be a headwind to profitability next year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Asked by a friend whether he was worried about angering the mob, the seventy-year-old Rosselli shrugged.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

I remember writing about him being on “Saturday Night Live” and people shrugging it off, like, “Oh, it’s not that big of a deal.”

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

The bleachy sunlight is just right, as is the shrugging acceptance that this town’s strivers must accept a fair amount of filth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

On a monthly basis, producer prices rose 0.4% in August, improving from July’s 0.7% decline, shrugging off the impact from adverse weather conditions that disrupted factory activities nationwide.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Micron stock was shrugging off CXMT's claimed advance in smartphone memory but investors might want to spread their bets.

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

“In the garden,” Klaus said, shrugging the hook off of his shoulder.

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket