shun

Example Sentences

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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

This time around, Chinese officials have so far stopped short of urging customers to shun Nvidia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026

Unless your mom’s budget-conscious philosophy of making everything from scratch led her to shun most pre-fab meals, as mine did.

From Salon • Oct. 25, 2025

“And if we listen, the desert will take us. Towns will shun us. Water has become mud in our mouths. Food will become ash.”

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri