disdain
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College taught me to investigate the “great” composers who mattered and disdain those of no value.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 25, 2026
Another point in Europe’s favor is that international investors view the region much like Bessent does, with indifference if not disdain.
From MarketWatch β Sep. 9, 2026
"I think that would absolutely go a long way to… undoing some of the disdain towards the water companies and get people on board to help look after our water resources."
From BBC β Aug. 29, 2026
Our expectation of fairness and our disdain for cheaters, expressed in laws across human cultures, can be traced to social primates—evidence that our sense of justice has deep evolutionary foundations.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jul. 24, 2026
“Wandermeyer,” I offered, with just the right touch of disdain I thought.
From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel
With no action expected on rates on Wednesday, the attention will be on him: Will he submit a forecast for rate projections he disdains?
From The Wall Street Journal β Jun. 15, 2026
The former Fox News personality, who served as an Army National Guard infantry officer in Iraq and Afghanistan, disdains rules of engagement and other guardrails as constraining to the “warrior ethos.”
From Salon β Mar. 11, 2026
The trouble is, if you don’t care about what you do, if part of you disdains what you do, your only concern is what the work gets you.
From Washington Post β Nov. 29, 2022
Mr. Phippen delights in the process and disdains transactions with customers, which he finds stressful and distracting, leaving that part to Mr. Blocker.
From New York Times β Apr. 20, 2022
Do you see how awful it is to be in love with someone who disdains you?
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
Air conditioning, long disdained in France, is "no longer taboo at all", Jehanno said.
From Barron's β Aug. 11, 2026
Though rigid about his schedule, he disdained not only cleanliness and exercise but regular medical care.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jul. 31, 2026
But the nearer Manzo was to the center of traditional politics, the more he disdained them.
From Los Angeles Times β May 18, 2026
Planning is for weaklings, rational analysis is disdained, the amygdala and the gut replace the cerebral cortex.
From Salon β Mar. 14, 2026
Many Progressives—who tended to be middle-class white Protestants—held deep prejudices against immigrants and blacks and were so convinced of their own virtuous authority that they disdained democratic procedures.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
How does a young woman go from disdaining weapons to designing them?
From The Wall Street Journal β Nov. 7, 2025
Nxe3 Bf6!, again disdaining the rook on h4 to keep the attack humming.
From Washington Times β Dec. 19, 2023
But China remains hunkered down in its own nuclear bunker, disdaining U.S. invitations to discuss strategic stability.
From Washington Post β Apr. 25, 2023
He was a true icon, prowling the world in search of glamour and beauty, disdaining “dreckitude.”
From New York Times β Jan. 22, 2022
He growled and muttered and then lay down on his side, his eyes closed, as if disdaining his tormentors.
From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks
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