naysayers
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The beauty mogul says there will always be naysayers, and there were plenty of people who told her she was "mad" or that her ideas would not work but it's important to ignore them.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Readers uninvested in Mr. Fukuyama’s crusade to vindicate himself—and to put naysayers in their place—will wish he’d spent more time on the details and heartaches of Japanese-American life in the years surrounding the war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
All these are adorable accessories to the character’s brave insistence on betting on herself in a world of naysayers set on diminishing her brightness.
From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2026
To the naysayers criticizing SpaceX’s rich valuation, smellyfingernail had the following response: “I’m willing to bet there’s more people like me that don’t care about that.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
Eventually, however, the naysayers were forced to concede that not only did variation change over time, but so did dip.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
