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
In November, executives said the chain had attracted more upper-income consumers, while lower-income customers continued to shun dining out.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 11, 2026
Shuttled from one specialist to the next, the girl had been prescribed to shun garlic, consume disproportionate quantities of bitters, meditate, drink green coconut water, and swallow raw duck’s eggs beaten in milk.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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