ridicule

Atletico often use their social media accounts to respond to rivals, repeatedly posting on X this summer to ridicule Barcelona over their pursuit of Atletico's talisman Julian Alvarez.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

When Regan cheerfully tells another disturbed child, “I was possessed by a demon. Oh, it’s OK. He’s gone!” ridicule is the correct response.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

While returning to Southern California brought the Bruins’ starting quarterback closer to his roots and family, the social media ridicule chased him cross-country, targeting not just him, but his parents too.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

"He was being subjected to relentless scrutiny, including ridicule, discrediting absolutely every detail of his life," Baron-Cohen said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

To deflect Uncle Jet’s ridicule, Nathan said, “Could be a prairie dog.”

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

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

A majority of consumers of Asian and Pacific Islander descent are not willing to shrug off media and advertising that ridicules or mishandles their culture.

From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2024

Libii’s story underlines the self-negation involved in the trope of the title and ridicules the expectations and constraints forced upon Black people in myriad ways.

From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 2024

He doesn’t take their money and usually doesn’t shove them, but he ridicules them.

From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya

Just Eat has apologised after it was ridiculed online over a series of mistakes with AI-generated pictures for some of its restaurants' food items.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

She ridiculed Lee's latest overture, calling it "the climax of the farce that everyone should watch" and said the military's demand her country apologise was "quite ridiculous."

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

As I moved from darkened room to darkened room, ridiculed in one, flirted with in another, a thread of finding one’s own personal paradise in a hellscape began to emerge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

All that postgame sportsmanship started getting ridiculed as acquiescence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

The last case was a plump tavern singer, accused of making a song that ridiculed the late King Robert.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

"For example, a tweet being shared to allege homophobia on my part was actually ridiculing homophobia," he said.

From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2025

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

I’m ridiculing it in a way, where I let it take over me, but I also take it over.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2025

Raising his phone to capture the confrontation on video, the senator began ridiculing her.

From New York Times ● May 26, 2024

No longer did I feel the ridiculing eyes boring into me as I walked the halls of C Average.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman