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scoff at











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You want to scoff at that, but you can’t.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • Oct. 21, 2025

A cool $70 million is nothing to scoff at.

From Salon • Sep. 17, 2025

Human rights activists here, and independent analysts, scoff at that idea.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2025

He’d scoff at me or roll his eyes—he didn’t seem like the kind of person that suffered tears gladly, and I didn’t suffer anyone making fun of mine.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia




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