put-down
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Trump, who has feuded with O'Donnell for decades, saw an opportunity for a put-down when the veteran comic's name came up during Wednesday's meeting.
From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2025
It was not only her contemptuous put-down: “You have no foreign policy experience and it shows.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 25, 2023
“Beatnik is put-down, negative, drag,” he explained to The Los Angeles Times in 1969.
From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2022
After pausing for the crowd to cheer the put-down, she continued, one hand over her heart.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 12, 2022
It was classic Zach—the sneering, superior put-down tone that he used on other people, but never on me.
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
On the opposite coast, Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington easily put down a progressive challenge.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026
We have put down dogs before, but they were with us for more than a decade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Backway said for women, poor sleep could often be put down to menopause or being kept awake by young children or stress.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
In some cities, first-time buyers typically put down more than 20%.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
To put down the Confederate rebellion, the president required votes in Congress from men who would back the needs of the military.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
Her dry put-downs mask a fury that she eventually unleashes with seismic force.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
Trump's spokeswoman -- who is best known for her acid put-downs of journalists -- posted a picture of herself in a nursery, cradling her baby daughter to her chest.
From Barron's ● May 7, 2026
The first Stanford was made of real students, who defy tidy put-downs of “kids these days.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
His badinage is hardly Wildean, but his put-downs, honed to the sharpness of stilettos, are many people’s idea of fun.
From Salon ● May 8, 2024
At the colleges, I’ve developed some stock put-downs for them: “You must be a law student, aren’t you?”
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
