disdain
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It argued that while men and women have equal worth, they aren’t identical, and that Americans treat traditional sex roles with unreasonable disdain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
College taught me to investigate the “great” composers who mattered and disdain those of no value.
From Los Angeles Times ● 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 ● Sep. 9, 2026
Indeed the player's agent Fernando Hidalgo has been open with his disdain towards how his client has been treated this summer.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
“Eighty percent is not for little lizards,” Ms. Pfister said, gushing the disdain again.
From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness
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 ● Jun. 15, 2026
Sandra Angelloz is another producer who disdains Reblochon's "garnish" status.
From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2022
He’s done everything the old-fashioned way: He disdains analytics and uses them “as little as possible.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2022
“It amazes us so, because it serenely disdains to destroy us.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 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 ● Aug. 11, 2026
But the nearer Manzo was to the center of traditional politics, the more he disdained them.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
And though life off the mountain didn’t always go smoothly, he disdained regret.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
In a December 1904 message to Congress, Roosevelt disdained any “unmanly” inclination to a “peace of tyrannous terror, the peace of craven weakness, the peace of injustice.”
From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2025
Jule hadn’t seen Immie face to face with anyone she disdained until now.
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
How does a young woman go from disdaining weapons to designing them?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
He was a true icon, prowling the world in search of glamour and beauty, disdaining “dreckitude.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2022
The British imposed additional penalties on the Americans, declaring them traitors, disdaining their petitions, subjecting their merchant ships to confiscation and hiring German mercenaries.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 18, 2021
But we manage, disdaining this driver we don’t know who takes forever to back out of his driveway.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 28, 2018
But I grew angry at the thought of the three men disdaining Cristiana.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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