as in to dislike
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In its court filing, Ben & Jerry's also accused Unilever of trying to stop it from issuing any public statement against Trump or releasing a Pecan Resist ice cream that was marketed to people who disliked Trump.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
19 Mar. 2025 -
And some believe Tesla owners and cars shouldn’t be the target of those who dislike the company’s CEO.—
Stephanie Lam,
The Mercury News,
18 Mar. 2025
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Could a visa holder refusing to refer to the Gulf of America face a similar fate as Khalil?—
Bastiaan Vanacker,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Mar. 2025
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According to Boasberg, Trump's Cabinet secretaries are deciding whether to refuse to provide evidence.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
21 Mar. 2025
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This idea of spreading the games out as widely as possible was rejected by Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois on Real Madrid TV after Saturday’s win at Villarreal.—
Dermot Corrigan,
The Athletic,
19 Mar. 2025
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Supreme Court Justice Roberts rejects Trump’s call for impeaching a judge who ruled against his deportation plans.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2025
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The survey had 58 percent disapproving of the president's handling of inflation compared to 40 percent who approved—a negative 18-point margin.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
20 Mar. 2025
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The poll found that 56% of Missourians either approved or strongly approved of Trump while 42% disapproved or strongly disapproved.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
18 Mar. 2025
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In most fields workers are prone to deny a problem and even pretend to enjoy the abuse.—
James L. Edwards III,
The Athletic,
13 Mar. 2025
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The Idaho Senate this week approved a joint resolution to deny voters the authority to legalize cannabis through a statewide ballot initiative.—
A.J. Herrington,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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The Chinese company has publicly deplored any military use of its drones and stopped selling direct to Russia and Ukraine, but despite the ban their drones can easily be bought via third parties.—
David Hambling,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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The editors clamored for new ideas, but always found something wrong with them, and were drawn magnetically to the old ones; and old subscribers woke up just long enough to deplore any change in layout, any modification of the puzzle page.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Sep. 2024
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Batched denials issued in silence In 2023, Afghan SIV applicants began to see their COM applications denied or their former COM approvals revoked in swathes.—
Beth Bailey,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
21 Mar. 2025
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Masked agents reportedly arrested Suri outside his Arlington, Virginia, home on Monday, informing him that his visa had been revoked, according to a legal filing cited by Politico.—
Hannah Parry,
Newsweek,
20 Mar. 2025
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Government lawyers asked for a one-day delay to detail the flights to consider whether to invoke the president’s state-secrets privilege to withhold the information.—
Bart Jansen,
USA TODAY,
19 Mar. 2025
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However, this is not the first time the label has faced allegations of withholding royalties.—
Jessica Lynch,
Billboard,
17 Mar. 2025
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“Frown (at or on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frown%20%28at%20or%20on%29. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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