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Cat said that while many teenagers shun spending time with their parents, she knows first-hand how lonely it is to not have your parents around.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

The seller, it turned out, had been auctioning coins that had been cleaned or artificially altered—a serious flaw that graders flag and collectors shun, rendering the coins nearly impossible to resell at a profit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

The universe, it’s all mathematics and science, and I shouldn’t shun the science of music just because I think the inspiration is all it should be.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

Nor should it shun folks from the baking community.

From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2026

The Meereenese had even begun to shun the Temple of the Graces, reportedly.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

"A palace not fit for a King," continues the Daily Express, as King Charles "shuns" Buckingham Palace "despite £369m refurbishment".

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

Rubio, on his first-ever visit to India, flew to Agra and spent 45 minutes at the Taj Mahal with his wife Jeanette, who usually shuns the spotlight.

From Barron's ● May 25, 2026

In the 2026 hellscape of sports betting and doom-scrolling, however, it’s the rare wholesome one: It shuns phones, keeps the mind sharp and gives grandma a prime opportunity to thump the young ’uns.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

The foundation charges rents as low as $400 in its SROs and shuns many government subsidies favored by other low-income housing landlords.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2024

“He shuns the company of all and will see no one,” Horatio said, giving me a regretful look.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

Most of them shunned the president’s handpicked envoy to the island, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, when he visited Nuuk for the first time in May.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

Through it all, Walter mostly has shunned attention.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

Get shunned by your community for your actions.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

Vote counting was under way early Friday after an unusual English by-election shunned by mainstream parties, pitting influential hard-right leader Nigel Farage against Count Binface, a man with a rubbish bin on his head.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

R-and-W had all of these, and the worst cases were loners, shunned by the mass of inmates.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

On a sector basis, only semiconductors are meaningfully owned, mostly as a consequence of ASML, while investors are shunning automakers.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

Brazil's finance minister is shunning the gathering amid tensions with the Trump administration.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

Traditionally, he says, men "almost need a bit of a scare" to start trying to shed the pounds, seeing it as something private and shunning the more social approach some women prefer, like slimming clubs.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

Other topics we delve into include the workers shunning the AI revolution, sperm health and how to get your kids to love golf.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026

I thought about shunning her for temporarily forgetting about me, but what good would that do?

From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata