ridiculed

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When Dubois answers awkwardly or offers clipped responses, he is often ridiculed online.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

At his only public event on Friday — a nearly two-hour round-table with national leaders and sporting officials about college athletics — he ridiculed members of the media who asked about Iran and Noem.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2026

Johnson has learned nothing from being widely ridiculed for this behavior.

From Salon • Feb. 16, 2026

“In 60 years we went from having the world’s most-respected currency to being ridiculed by Warner Brothers.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

I felt ridiculed but, I suspected, not as much as he’d have liked me to.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo