ridicule

She’s let her hair go gray but kept up her tan, and she’s careful not to ridicule the ways her body has changed with age.

From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026

There has been a determination to change the country's World Cup narrative after a 1974 debut that left them ripe for ridicule.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

But negative perceptions took hold through the year and into 2025, starting with the ridicule the vehicle’s boxy design attracted on the street.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026

And in its high and mighty position, it became an object of ridicule.

From Barron's ● May 2, 2026

Cartoons continued to ridicule Catherine O’Leary and curious tourists came to gawk at the O’Learys’ property.

From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy

When Charlie Brown joyfully returns to his friends with the spindly little tree, the gang ridicules his choice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2024

When Harris doubts or ridicules his stature, his wealth, the size of his crowds, or whatever, he feels compelled to fight back and restore his eminent centrality at once.

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2024

This is a show that ridicules the genre's feverish dedication to pimping childhood trauma and other excuses for hyper-masculinity by doubling down on the deep friendship that keeps Harley and Ivy firmly rooted.

From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2023

And the company’s founder and CEO, Marty Daniel, has fashioned himself as a provocateur who ridicules gun control proposals and uses publicity stunts to drum up sales.

From Seattle Times ● May 28, 2022

However, the medical community ridicules him for the effort, and he’s never able to repeat his success.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

The electric vehicle’s glass-roof design was ridiculed by some Ferrari fans when it was unveiled in May.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

As to those analogues: Jackson ridiculed Alito’s refusal to acknowledge that they show how “states routinely required affirmative consent for armed carry onto private property” at the founding.

From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026

"It shows once again that when victims and survivors seek help, or support, or accountability, they are silenced, or ridiculed, or attacked," she added.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

When she did, she was maliciously disbelieved and ridiculed by the likes of Drake and 50 Cent.

From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2026

We ridiculed all ideas of protest, of organized rebellion or revolution.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

At a demonstration outside the Parliament building in the Bulgarian capital, a giant screen looped videos and memes ridiculing politicians.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025

To say there even is such a thing reduces a wildly diverse group into a trite narrative that I’ve spent my career trying to debunk, when not ridiculing it altogether.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024

Both Daniels and Trump, who is the actual defendant, come out of these exchanges sounding like schoolchildren ridiculing each other.

From Slate ● May 10, 2024

But those bands did so at their own risk; in those days Mr. Albini was also known for ridiculing the bands he recorded after the fact.

From New York Times ● May 8, 2024

He’s gaining volume and kind of enjoying ridiculing me, the way somebody just a few years older than you can love power more than genuinely old people like your parents.

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle