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The governor scoffs, “man is conceived in sin and born in corruption and he passeth from the stink of the didie to the stench of the shroud. There is always something.”

Candidates vied for speaking time, scoffed at their opponents’ answers and called out one another for allegedly dodging questions from moderators.

It’s easy to scoff at such tricks from the outside.

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He scoffed at the idea extremists might hijack any of the demonstrations.

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Regardless, his discography is, at the very least, not something to scoff at.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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