shrug
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"It's one of those fairly typical things that happens to men and you shrug it off and think, well, it'll get better," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Revisiting the movie through this lens offers plenty of important wisdom that its detractors were quick to shrug off.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
That will help them shrug off the spike in rates, Whalen says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Chip and memory stocks are trading higher as investors shrug off concerns about an AI slowdown.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
I shrug and say I’m sorry again, but we’ve had plenty of conversations.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
On set, she shrugs off the restrictive moral code of her pop career.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
He shrugs off the reporter’s inquiries; his attitude says “stuff happens.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
"Homer is 2,800 years old, while the Turkish-Greek border is only a century old," he shrugs.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
She shrugs off Maddie getting faint at dance class because she threw up her lunch.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
In response, Hector shrugs and waves his fingers dramatically in the direction of the opposite wall.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
“I don’t have an answer,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts shrugged when asked why the Dodgers relievers have struggled while the Brewers have shined.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
But Mr. Market shrugged; Taiwanese stocks failed to generate a sustained rally as investors viewed the meeting as symbolic, with few economic consequences.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
Jones later shrugged off the comment, saying Evans had just been "playing the game".
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Some found it charming, some unbearable, but in the end everyone shrugged: Well, he’s the boss.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Zeke shrugged and started moving the metal back into place.
From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness
Micron stock was shrugging off CXMT's claimed advance in smartphone memory but investors might want to spread their bets.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
“No,” Raman then said firmly before shrugging and letting the moderator move on to the next question.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Need to Know: Stocks keep shrugging off rising Treasury yields.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
Hegseth, though, is shrugging off the concerns, telling reporters the issue is “completely misrepresented” and that the service members have “everything we can provide them at every single moment.”
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
Smiling, shrugging, the villagers shook their heads apologetically.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
