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Operating on the assumption that 4B amounts a "sex strike," it's easy for opinion writers to shrug it off as ineffectual and unlikely to gain momentum.

From Salon

Schiff, however, gave a rhetorical shrug.

“Sometimes, it is our fault,” Papi said with a shrug.

Republicans in leadership, and many of their fans, have historically been able to shrug off accusations of moral grotesquery because they are safely installed in their cocoon of conformity; the monsters must be the other guys, the ones outside the boundaries.

From Slate

Conservative cable pundits have been dislocating their shoulders trying to shrug the matter off.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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