frown
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AI companies, including ChatGPT maker OpenAI, frown on chatbot sharing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Making "Year of the Horse" stuffed toys in a workshop, an employee accidentally stitched the festive foal's mouth on upside-down -- turning its cheerful expression into a gloomy frown.
From Barron's ● Feb. 5, 2026
Even if you want to cry when you walk in the door, turn that frown upside down and greet your host with a warm hug and a smile.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 17, 2026
What he wears that is noticeable is the heavy frown on his face.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2025
Her frown deepens as she sidesteps open comic books and half-eaten granola bars.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
Peet has wrinkles on her face, her forehead moves, and when she frowns, she frowns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026
But when the Dodgers emailed their roughly 55 tour guides Wednesday to say they were getting the pay raise they sought during a failed attempt to unionize, there must have been more smiles than frowns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026
“I do from time to time get frowns and stares and questioning looks which is quite disconcerting…but they’ll let me go about my business.”
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2024
And generally, the law frowns on making a person’s status—rather than their actions—the basis of a crime or a lawsuit.
From Slate ● May 13, 2024
Hana’s smile gets wide, but then she looks at me like I caught her rifling through Momma’s purse, and she frowns at me.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
Expressing our rage at all that, however, is still frowned upon.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
Henderson said he only realized the solicitation he’d been asked to do might be frowned upon after Orchid told him as much at their meal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
In the past, administrators "frowned upon trade schools, they wanted to steer everybody to go to college."
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
It was meant to address concerns about hygiene and safety, but the law also played into social norms in a conservative country where body art is still deeply frowned upon.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
Mr. Lew frowned and tucked his chin back.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
In the troika of major figures in the Russian Revolution, Trotsky stood for ideas and Stalin represented power; their predecessor, Vladimir Lenin, had fused the two values as the frowning avatar of communist leadership.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
Many consumers have bought both the smiling and frowning versions, to represent both the highs and lows expected in the coming year.
From Barron's ● Feb. 5, 2026
A frowning horse plush has become a viral bestseller ahead of Lunar New Year celebrations for the year of the horse in China.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2026
“On the news, when they’re doing the weather, they totally ignore us,” she said, frowning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024
But just when I think I’m home free, a frowning, bald guy slips into the elevator with me.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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