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Trump lied his way all the way into the last month of the 2016 presidential election before the New York Times deigned to use the words “lie” and “Donald Trump” in the same sentence.

“What pretty skirts,” she deigned to say, looking away.

Korean dramas have been around for decades, but only in the past few years have big-name streamers deigned to acquire them.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to Beijing, though you know expectations are low when it's newsworthy that a Chinese diplomat deigned to shake his hand.

According to the devoted, woe to those who deigned to enjoy any aspects of "Star Trek: Discovery" and previous seasons of "Star Trek: Picard."