shun
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The other is strong U.S. economic growth, which encourages investors to bet on riskier SpaceX-like stocks and shun safe assets such as Treasuries.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
The latter needs to embrace, not shun, the former.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Rather than shun the growing underground of youthful hackers, he had been attending meetings of the Homebrew Computer Club, where young Altair and Commodore users met to trade their tiny software programs and swap lore.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026
“This is kind of normal operating procedure. When people get very heady, there’s a speculative tone to the markets. People forget about dividends,” and shun them in the belief they can’t grow, he said.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 27, 2026
They will shun him the way she has been shunned.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
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