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You’ve saved a lot — $1.2 million is nothing to scoff at — but you have a lot of life ahead.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

Afghans in the United States scoff at the suggestion that they'd be safe going back, saying their lives would be in danger.

From BBC • Aug. 19, 2025

A smaller part is nothing to scoff at, either.

From Salon • Dec. 3, 2024

When he tries to explain our delicate relationship with the Indians, how we trade and work to keep a fragile peace, they scoff at him.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone




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