jeer
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"This was a jeer from two so-called men to a child," she said.
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026
The phrase carries a derisive jeer, a suggestion that anyone born into fame and wealth gets to glide through life.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025
The broad storytelling calls back to a kind of retro filmmaking based on pure sensation and emotion, in which we cheer for the heroes and jeer for the villains.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2024
Many say they plan to jeer him or otherwise protest his presence.
From New York Times • May 25, 2024
Sometimes she would pass by Pitipiti’s fields and jeer at her, asking her why she grew crops if she had no mouths to feed.
From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith
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