as in to dislike
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frown (at or on)
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Those who responded shared a variety of reasons for disliking the drone show.—
Mia Thurow,
jsonline.com,
5 July 2025 -
My father dislikes firework shows, for all the reasons that a man who passed his youth squeezing a trigger in the name of God and country dislikes firework shows.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
3 July 2025
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Glover refused, and Pierce told her to turn around as she was being arrested.—
Jade Jackson,
IndyStar,
7 July 2025
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Molina-Neave was arrested in San Antonio, Texas, in 2006 but refused extradition to Denver.—
Jessica Seaman,
Denver Post,
7 July 2025
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If anyone else tries such commands, the AGI and ASI reject them summarily.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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New York’s 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Maxwell’s appeal effort last year, finding that the deal drawn up in 2007 and approved the following year only protected Epstein and his coconspirators in South Florida.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
15 July 2025
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Polls show that Americans largely disapprove of Trump’s bill, signaling that Republicans in swing districts who voted in favor of the measure could face backlash from wary voters in future elections.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
3 July 2025
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Newsweek's tracker puts Trump's approval rating at 45 percent, with 50 percent disapproving, giving him a net approval of -5 points.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 July 2025
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So with his conviction and prison stay, Larson was denied access.—
Savannah Leigh Richardson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 July 2025
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The Enquirer was denied these records on the grounds that complaints of educator misconduct that have resulted in an investigation are not deemed public until the board has taken final action on the case.—
Annie Goldman,
The Enquirer,
10 July 2025
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The agencies are also revoking approval for two food colorings—Citrus Red No. 2 and Orange B—and plan to approve four new natural colorings for food.—
Alice Park,
Time,
7 July 2025
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Reservations required: Which national parks require them in 2025 Unrelated, the executive order also revokes a presidential memorandum signed by then-President Barack Obama in 2017 that promoted a range of diversity and inclusion efforts in the management of national parks and other public lands.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
5 July 2025
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The man’s identity is being withheld until his family is notified.—
Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
7 July 2025
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The girl’s identity is being withheld, and the case remains under investigation by Buena Park police, the Orange County Fire Authority and the Orange County sheriff’s bomb squad.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 July 2025
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In a red-and-blue America, people are accustomed to political parties, as much as many deplore them.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 May 2025
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There is no more point in deploring this more analytic than agitational iteration of Marxism than in celebrating it.—
Benjamin Kunkel,
Harpers Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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