scoff
Example Sentences
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“Mother Nature and Father Time scoff at boards thinking they have a say in the matter.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
"He comes in here, has a good old scoff, and then a sleep and goes off for a bit," she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
The crews of the Negra Francisca and the Don Maca scoff at any purported connection to the narco trade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
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
Lawrence could afford to scoff at suggestions that the cyclotron was still in its shakedown stage.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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